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BULLETIN 

MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL    ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,  111. 


January,    1939 


Vol.  31,  No.   1 


ANOTHER   YEAR  IS  ADDED 

TO  LONG  RECORD 

OF  SERVICE 


Care  for   11,497  Patients 


Reports  to  be  presented  at  the  5  6th 
annual  meeting  of  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital Society  on  Jan.  18,  will  show  that 
11,497  patients  were  admitted  to  the  hos- 
pital in  1938.  Of  this  number  6,090  were 
able  to  pay  only  a  part  of  the  cost  of  the 
care  they  received,  while  2,225  were 
cared  for  entirely  free.  The  total  cost  of 
free  care  for  the  year  was  $171,592.39. 
Patients  cared  for  represented  40  differ- 
ent nationalities. 

Of  the  11,497  patients  1,836  were 
children  under  14  years  old.  Only  160 
of  these  children  were  full-pay  patients, 
all  of  the  others  having  been  either  free 
or  part-pay.  In  most  instances  the  amount 
received  for  the  care  of  part-pay  child 
patients  represented  only  a  fraction  of 
the  cost  of  care  given  to  the  child. 

In  1938,  883  babies  were  born  in  our 
hospital.  These  included  1 1  pairs  of 
twins.  Babies  delivered  in  homes  by  the 
Out-Patient  Obstetrical  department  num- 
bered 440,  including  three  pairs  of  twins. 

Examining  Rooms  Busy 

Visits  of  non-hospital  patients  in  the 
first  floor  examining  rooms  totalled  36,- 
502,  an  increase  of  736  over  the  previous 
year.  This  figure  includes  23,288  visits 
of  private  patients  of  medical  staff  mem- 
bers; 5,787  visits  of  obstetrical  patients 
(including  4,738  visits  in  the  pre-natal 
clinic);  1,159  visits  of  patients  referred 
by  Central  Free  Dispensary;  3,134  visits 
of  house  patients;  and  2,893  visits  of  em- 
ployees and  student  nurses.  The  number 
of  Dispensary  patients  admitted  to  the 
hospital  through  the  examining  rooms 
was  683. 

The  Hospital  Society  will  meet  for 
luncheon  at  12:15  P.M.  on  Wednesday, 
Jan.  18,  following  which  reports  will  be 
presented  and  officers  elected. 


In  the  above  picture  taken  in  our  hospital  library.  Miss  Selma  Linclem,  librarian  for  the 
last  nine  and  one-half  years,  is  shown  at  the  left.  With  her  is  Mrs.  Virginia  Bonnici,  who  is  to 
serve  as  librarian  while  Miss  Linclem  takes  a  six-months  leave  of  absence  which  will  be  spent 
in  New  York  City  setting  up  a  new  central  library  plan  for  hospitals  under  sponsorship  of  the 
Junior  League.    (Story  on  page  3) 

During  1938,  books  and  magazines  circulated  by  the  hospital  library  totalled  20,791. 
An  average  of  300  patients  were  served  each  month,  mainly  through  bedside  visits  of  the 
librarian  and  her  volunteer  assistants,  including  Mrs.  A.  L.  Cummings,  Mrs.  Philip  F.  W.  Peck, 
Mrs.  Harry  McNair  and  Mrs.  Walter  A.  Graff.  A  well-stocked  bookwagon  serves  as  a  miniature 
library  which  can  be  wheeled  to  the  bedside. 

The  library  is  sponsored  by  the  Woman's  Board  and  there  is  no  charge  to  patients  for 
this  service.  The  hospital's  collection  of  7,000  volumes  is  supplemented  by  books  from  the 
public  library,  for  which  our  library  is  a  deposit  station.  Current  issues  of  more  than  50 
magazines  are  also  available.  During  1938  bargain  sales  of  donated  books  which  the  library 
could  not  use  netted  $306  for  the  purchase  of  new  books  and  other  supplies.  Mrs.  Wilber  E. 
Post  is  chairman  of  the  library  committee. 


HOLD   FRACTURE   CLINIC 

Dr.  Kellogg  Speed  and  other  members  of 
our  surgical  staff  presented  a  clinic  program 
in  the  operating  rooms,  Dec.  16,  before  the 
members  of  the  Chicago  Regional  Fracture 
Committee  and  the  Illinois  State  Fracture 
Committee.  Luncheon  was  served  by  the  hos- 
pital to   thirty  visitors  and  staff  members. 


Selhie-Brown 

Miss  Ronnie  Seline  and  Dr.  Paul  H.  Brown 
were  married  in  December  at  North  Shore 
Presbyterian  Church  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  O'Hair. 
They  have  gone  to  Honolulu,  Hawaii  where 
they  will  be  associated  with  Queen's  Hospital, 
and  plan  to  do  missionary  work  in  the  Belgian 
Congo  of  Africa  eventually.  Mrs.  Brown  is 
a  1938  graduate  of  our  School  of  Nursing. 


Four  Generations  Have  Part  in  Accomplishments 
of  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  Fifty-six  Years 

Four  generations  of  men  and  women  have  had  an  active  part  in  the  accomplish- 
ments of  Presbyterian  Hospital,  since  the  Hospital  Society  was  incorporated  in  July 
1883  and  the  Ladies  Aid  Society  was  formed  in  the  spring  of  1884  to  assist  in  the 
work.  Service  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Managers  or  of  the  Woman's  Board  (sue 
cessor  to  the  Ladies  Aid  Society)  has  become  a  tradition  in  a  number  of  families,  sons 
and  daughters  succeeding  fathers  and  mothers,  unto  the  third  and  fourth  generations. 
Among  the  women  active  as  founders 


of  the  Hospital  Ladies  Aid  Society  in 
1884,  were  Mrs.  David  W.  Graham,  only 
surviving  founder,  and  the  late  Mrs.  John 

B.  Drake,  Sr.  Mr.  Drake  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  hospital  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Managers,  1883-93. 
Dr.  Graham  actively  assisted  Dr.  J.  P. 
Ross  in  the  founding  of  the  hospital  and 
was  a  member  of  the  first  Medical  Staff. 
Mrs.  Drake  was  active  in  the  work  of  the 
Ladies  Aid  Society  for  many  years.  She 
was  succeeded  by  her  daughter,  Miss 
Helen  V.  Drake,  now  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  board  and  honorary  chairman 
of  the  School  of  Nursing  committee  of 
which  she  was  the  efficient  chairman  for 
a  number  of  years.  John  B.  Drake,  Jr. 
has  been  a  manager  since  1907.  His 
daughter,  Mrs.  George  W.  Harvey,  is  a 
third  generation  member  of  the  Woman's 
Board,  as  is  also  Mrs.  Kent  Hamilton 
Parker,  granddaughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Graham. 

Descendants  of   D.   A.    Jones 

Funds  for  the  erection  of  the  Jones 
Memorial  in  1888  were  provided  by  be- 
quest of  Daniel  A.  Jones  and  additional 
gifts  from  his  heirs.  Mrs.  Daniel  A. 
Jones  was  an  officer  of  the  Ladies  Aid 
Society  for  many  years  and  established  a 
fund  to  assist  needy  patients  during  con- 
valescence, long  before  the  term  social 
service  was  coined.  Mrs.  O.  S.  Newell, 
daughter  of  Daniel  A.  Jones,  and  Mrs. 

C.  Frederick  Childs  of  Lake  Forest, 
granddaughter,  each  served  as  president 
of  the  Woman's  Board  for  several  years. 
Mrs.  Childs  is  now  on  the  board's  adviso- 
ry council  and  active  on  several  commit- 
tees. Mrs.  Lawrence  Dunlap  Smith  and 
Mrs.  William  A.  P.  Pullman,  great- 
granddaughters,  are  active  members  of 
the  present  board.  Mrs.  Smith  has  been 
recording  secretary  for  several  years.  The 
Jones  wing  still  stands  as  a  part  of  the 
present  Presbyterian  Hospital  building. 

Others  of  Third  Generation 

Mrs.  Scott  Bromwcll,  a  member  of  the 
exei  utive  committee  of  the  Woman's 
Board,  and  Mrs.  (  George  Ghappell,  Jr., who 
was  added  this  year  to  the  Lake  Forest 
"roup  of  active  members,  are  grand 
daughters  of  Byron  L.  Smith,  manager, 
1906-14,  and  daughters  of  Solomon  A. 
Smith,  hospital  treasurer. 

Mrs.  Barrett  Scudder,  another  new 
member  from  Lake  Forest,  is  the  former 


Joan  Stuart,  granddaughter  of  the  late 
Robert  Stuart,  manager,  1916-26,  and 
Mrs.  Stuart,  who  was  long  active  on  the 
Woman's  Board  and  is  now  an  honorary 
member.  The  second  generation  of 
Stuarts  is  represented  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  Douglas  Stuart  on  the  two  boards. 
Mrs.  Stuart  is  chairman  of  the  board 
members  fund  committee. 

Mrs.  Perkins  B.  Bass,  Jr.  is  another 
third  generation  member.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter-in-law of  Mrs.  Perkins  Bass,  presi- 
dent, 1920-28,  now  on  the  advisory  coun- 
cil and  active  in  committee  work.  Mrs. 
Perkins  B.  Bass,  Sr.  is  a  daughter  of  Mrs. 
A.  S.  Maltman,  who  became  a  member  of 
the  Ladies  Aid  Society  in  1887.  Another 
daughter,  Miss  Elisabeth  Maltman,  is 
chairman  of  the  membership  committee. 

Hamills  and  McCormicks 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Hamill  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal Society  in  1883,  a  member  of  the  first 
Medical  Staff  and  of  the  first  Board  of 
Managers.  He  was  vice-president  of  the 
board  for  two  years.  His  death  in  1886 
was  a  great  loss  to  the  hospital.  The 
Hamill  Wing  was  built  in  his  memory  in 
1887  largely  through  gifts  from  Dr.  J. 
P.  Ross  and  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  Jr. 
Mr.  McCormick  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators and  served  on  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers for  many  years.  His  mother,  Mrs. 
C.  H.  McCormick,  Sr.  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society,  a 
vice-president  from  1883  to  1911,  and 
honorary  president  of  the  Woman's 
Board,  1911-2  3.  Other  members  of  the 
McCormick  family  have  been  identified 
with  the  work  of  the  hospital  at  different 
times. 

Ernest  A.  Hamill,  son  of  Dr.  Robert 
Hamill  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  from  1890  until  his 
death  in  1926,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Alfred  E.  Hamill  who  is  now 
on  the  board.  Mrs.  Charles  D.  Hamill, 
daughter-in-law  of  Dr.  Robert  Hamill 
joined  the  Ladies  Aid  Society  in  1887, 
and  was  its  third  president,  serving  from 
1897  to  1909.  Her  son,  Charles  H. 
Hamill  has  been  on  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers since  1914.  Mrs.  Ernest  A.  Hamill 
has  long  been  a  liberal  supporter  of  the 
Woman's  Board  and  other  hospital 
activities,  in  recognition  of  which  she 
was  made  an  honorary  member  some 
years  ago. 


Ross  and  Douglass  Families 

In  addition  to  those  mentioned,  a  large 
group  of  Woman's  Board  members  re- 
present the  second  generation  of  families 
that  have  been  active  in  the  interest  of 
Presbyterian  Hospital.  Notable  among 
these  are  Mrs.  Robert  Metz,,  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick T.  Haskell,  and  Mrs.  Robert  E. 
Ross,  daughters  and  daughter-in-law  of 
Dr.  Joseph  Presley  Ross,  founder  of  the 
hospital,  and  Mrs.  Ross,  charter  member 
of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society.  Mrs.  Haskell 
is  a  past  president  and  a  member  of  the 
advisory  council.  Mrs.  Mets,  who  now 
lives  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  is  an  honorary 
member.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  B.  Lord, 
parents  of  Mrs.  Robert  Ross,  also  were 
identified  with  the  two  boards  for  many 
years.  Mrs.  Ross,  long  an  active  worker, 
is  now  on  the  advisory  council. 

Mrs.  Clyde  E.  Shorey,  past  president 
and  member  of  the  advisory  council,  and 
Mrs.  Kingman  Douglass,  vice-chairman  of 
the  board  members  fund  committee,  are 
the  daughter  and  daughter-in-law,  respec- 
tively, of  the  late  William  A.  Douglass, 
who  was  secretary  of  the  first  Board  of 
Managers  and  continued  in  that  office 
until  his  death  in  1935.  Kingman  Doug- 
lass succeeded  his  father  as  secretary. 
Mrs.  William  A.  Douglass  is  chairman  of 
the  child's  free  bed  and  babies'  alumni 
fund  committee. 

Others  of  Second  Generation 

The  late  John  C.  Welling  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Managers,  1891-1906,  and  trea- 
surer for  several  years.  Mrs.  Welling  joined 
the  Ladies  Aid  Society  in  1887  and  was  an 
active  worker  for  43  years,  serving  as  vice- 
president  for  several  terms,  as  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee,  and  in  other  capaci- 
ties. Their  son,  John  P.  Welling,  has  been 
on  the  Board  of  Managers  since   1929. 

Mrs.  Theodore  A.  Shaw,  Sr.  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Ladies  Aid  Society  and  con- 
tinued active  work  for  26  years,  filling  various 
offices.  Her  son,  Theodore  Shaw,  Jr.  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  since 
1924. 

Mrs.  LaFayctte  McWilliams,  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Ladies  Aid  and  chairman  of  the 
furnishings  committee  for  many  years,  was 
succeeded  on  the  Woman's  Board  by  her 
daughter-in-law,  Mrs.  Donald  McWilliams. 
Mrs.  C.  K.  Pomeroy,  active  member  and  offi- 
cer in  the  Ladies  Aid  and  its  successor,  the 
Woman's  Board,  from  1895  to  1929,  was 
succeeded  by  her  daughter,  Mrs.  John  Edgar 
Freeman,   now  an   active  board  member. 

The  late  Albert  B.  Dick  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Managers,  1905-10.  Mrs.  Dick 
has  long  been  active  on  the  Woman's  Board 
and  now  is  a  member  of  the  advisory  council. 
Their  son,  Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.,  has  been  on 
the  Board  of  Managers  since  1930.  Others 
who  represent  the  second  generation  of  serv- 
ice on  the  Board  of  Managers  include  the 
following  members  of  the  present  borad :  Ed- 
ward D.  McDougal,  Jr.,  son  of  Robert  Me- 
Dougal  (1928-1933);  James  B.  Forgan,  Jr., 
son  of  James  B.  Forgan  (1901-1924);  Horace 
W.  Armstrong,  son  of  Frank  H.  Armstrong 
(1909-1919);  Edward  F.  Wilson,  son  of 
Thomas  E.  Wilson  (1914-1934).  Mrs.  Horace 
W.  Armstrong  is  a  member  of  the  executive 
(Continued  on  Page  3,   Column  3) 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  HOLDS  55th  ANNUAL  MEETING 


Elects    Officers    and    Hears 

Reports — Mr.    Shaw    is 

Guest    Speaker 


"While  raising  money  is  commonly 
thought  to  be  the  primary  object  of 
women's  hospital  auxiliaries,  and  is  of 
great  importance,  it  is  secondary  to  the 
task  of  creating  a  proper  public  under- 
standing of  the  function  and  value  of  the 
hospital,"  Mr.  Leonard  Shaw,  guest 
speaker,  said  in  his  address  at  the  55th 
annual  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Board 
of  Presbyterian  Hospital,  held  in  the 
chapel,  Jan.  9.  Mr.  Shaw  recently  came 
here  from  Canada  to  accept  the  position 
of  assistant  secretary  of  the  American 
Hospital  Association.  As  an  adminis- 
trator in  several  hospitals  and  editor  of 
the  journal  of  the  Canadian  Hospital 
Council,  Mr.  Shaw  came  in  close  contact 
with  the  splendid  work  done  by  the 
women's  hospital  auxiliaries  in  that  coun- 
try. He  credited  women's  auxiliaries  of 
Canada  and  the  United  States  with  hav- 
ing done  much  to  bring  about  a  better 
public  understanding  of  the  purpose  of 
the  hospital. 

Miss  McMillan  Is  Honored 

Mrs.  David  W.  Graham  was  re-elected 
honorary  president  and  Mrs.  Ernest  E. 
Irons  was  re-elected  president  of  the 
board.  Miss  M.  Helena  McMillan, 
founder  of  the  School  of  Nursing  and 
its  director  for  more  than  35  years,  was 
made  an  honorary  member,  a  distinction 
accorded  only  to  those  who  have  been  of 
unusual  service  to  the  board  and  are  no 
longer  in  active  work.  Miss  McMillan 
retired  in  October  and  is  now  director 
emeritus  of  the  school.  There  are  ten 
other  honorary  members  now  living,  Mrs. 
F.  W.  Crosby  having  passed  away  in 
1938. 

Other  Officers  Elected 

Mrs.  Gordon  B.  Wheeler,  of  Hinsdale,  was 
elected  treasurer,  to  succeed  Mrs.  Edward  L. 
Beatie,  of  Evanston,  who  had  held  the  office 
for  nearly  ten  years,  and  was  made  a  life 
member  in  recognition  of  this  service.  Other 
new  officers  are:  Mrs.  G.  H.  Bristol,  assistant 
treasurer,  and  Mrs.  Ovid  R.  Sellers,  assistant 
recording  secretary.  Officers  were  re-elected  as 
follows:  Mrs.  Lawrence  Dunlap  Smith,  record- 
ing secretary;  Miss  Lucibel  Dunham,  corres- 
ponding secretary;  Mrs.  Lincoln  M.  Coy,  Mrs. 
John  P.  Mentzer,  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Reed  and 
Mrs.  William  R.  Tucker,  vice-presidents. 

Mrs.  Edward  L.  Beatie  and  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Patterson  are  new  members  of  the  Advisory 
Council,  re-elected  members  of  which  are: 
Mrs.  Perkins  B.  Bass,  Mrs.  C.  Frederick 
Childs,  Mrs.  Albert  B.  Dick,  Mrs.  William  A. 
Douglass,  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Hackney,  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick T.  Haskell,  Mrs.  Alva  A.  Knight,  Mrs. 
George  R.  Nichols,  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Ross  and 
Mrs.    Clyde    E.    Shorey. 

Members  of  the  executive  committee  for  the 
term  expiring  Dec.  31,  1941  were  named  as 
follows:     Mrs.    Alfred    Carton,    Mrs.    L.    C. 


M.  Helena  McMillan 

Resolutions  by   Board  of  Managers 


Upon  the  retirement  of  M.  Helena  Mc- 
Millan as  active  Director  of  the  School  of 
Nursing  and  Superintendent  of  Nurses,  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  The  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital of  The  City  of  Chicago  here  express 
their  appreciation  of  her  services. 

A  pioneer  in  nursing  education,  she  was 
appointed  in  1903  to  organize  our  School. 
A  leader  of  constant  and  undiminishing 
ideals  and  vision,  she  ever  sought,  in  the 
School  and  in  the  Hospital,  the  improve- 
ment of  nursing  service  by  raising  intellec- 
tual standards  for  students  and  graduates 
alike  without  belittling  the  more  humble 
functions  of  her  profession  in  caring  for  the 
sick  however  necessitous  they  might  be. 
More  than  fifteen  hundred  young  women 
have  graduated  from  the  School  during  her 
long  term  of  office.  They  carry  on  her 
work.  Her  influence  has  also  been  far  reach- 
ing in  nursing  associations,  local,  state  and 
national.  Whatever  reputation  the  School 
may  have  for  excellence  of  instruction,  or  the 
Hospital  may  have  for  worth  of  nursing 
service  in  the  cause  of  nursing,"  has  reflected 
endeavors.  National  recognition,  culminating 
in  the  award  to  her  in  1936  of  the  Walter 
Burns  Saunders  Medal  "for  distinguished 
service  in  the  cause  of  nursing",  has  reflected 
glory  upon  both  School  and  Hospital.  She 
has  been  responsive  to  technical  changes  in 
medical  care,  and  considerate  of  our  re- 
sponsibilities as   trustees. 

Accordingly,  BE  IT  RESOLVED,  That, 
in  recognition  of  services  of  inestimable  value 
to  this  society  and  to  the  public,  M.  Helena 
McMillan  be  appointed  Director  Emeritus  of 
our  School  of  Nursing,  that  this  brief  tribute 
be  spread  upon  our  minutes,  and  that  she 
receive  a  copy  thereof. 
ATTEST: 

John  McKinlay,  President 
Kingman  Douglass,  Secretary 
Dec.  21,  1938. 

Gatewood,  Mrs.  Burton  W.  Hales,  Mrs.  Hal- 
ford  H.  Kittleman,  Mrs.  B.  M.  Linnell,  and 
Mrs.  Woodruff  J.  Parker.  Three  vacancies  in 
the  group  whose  term  expires  in  1940  were 
filled  by  naming  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Bernhardt, 
Mrs.  Edwin  P.  Dewes  and  Mrs.  Frank  S. 
Smith. 

In  presenting  the  unified  report  of  the  year's 
accomplishments  of  the  board's  23  standing 
committees,  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Smith  added  a 
clever  touch  by  the  use  of  appropriate  book 
titles  as  captions  for  each  report.  The  high- 
lights from  the  reports  will  be  published  in 
a  later  issue  of  the  Bulletin. 

In  accordance  with  a  custom  of  long  stand- 
ing, Mr.  John  McKinlay,  president  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  presided.  Before  relinquish- 
ing the  gavel,  Mr.  McKinlay  congratulated  the 
Woman's  Board  on  the  year's  accomplishments, 
stating  that  it  would  be  difficult  to  picture 
Presbyterian  Hospital  as  existing  without  the 
work  of  women  and  the  progressive  spirit 
which  they  foster. 


HOBBY  SHOW  REVEALS  VARIED 

INTERESTS  OF  STUDENT  NURSES 

Seventy-nine  student  nurses,  comprising  the 
preliminary  class  admitted  in  the  fall,  held  a 
hobby  show  in  the  auditorium  of  Sprague 
Home  Dec.  28.  The  exhibit  showed  a  wide 
variety  of  worth  while  interests  and  consider- 
able  talent    in    numerous   fields. 


NEW   YORK  TIMES  TELLS 
OF   WORK   MISS   LINDEM 
WILL  DO    IN   THAT   CITY 


The  following  paragraphs  from  a  column 
article  which  appeared  in  the  New  York  Times 
tell  of  the  work  which  Miss  Selma  Lindem, 
our  hospital  librarian,  will  do  in  New  York 
City  during  a  six-months  leave  of  absence 
which  began  Jan.    1 : 

"Fourteen  of  the  city's  hospitals — public 
and  private — will  be  serviced  in  the  new  year 
by  a  central  council  of  hospital  libraries,  the 
first  organisation  of  its  kind  to  be  staffed 
almost  completely  by  volunteer  workers.  The 
set-up  is  the  work  of  the  Junior  League  of 
New  York  in  cooperation  with  the  hospitals, 
which  will  benefit  by  the  services  of  60  trained 
young  women  who  combine  a  knowledge  of 
routine  of  book  circulation  with  the  more 
highly  technical  grasp  of  bibliotherapy. 

"The  Central  Council  for  Hospital  Libra- 
ries is  modeled  on  the  Paris  system  and  housed 
in  the  Junior  League  clubhouse  at  221  East 
7 1st  Street.  Miss  Selma  Lindem,  librarian  of 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  Chicago,  will  be 
installed  as  director.  The  volunteers  who 
have,  so  far,  completed  one  training  course  in 
which  physicians,  nurses  and  librarians  have 
cooperated  are  prepared  to  catalog  books,  re- 
view them  in  the  light  of  their  suitability  for 
convalescent  reading,  aid  in  their  distribution 
via  ward  book  carts  and  to  bind  them  sturdily 
when  repair  is  required. 

"Not  only  does  the  League  contemplate 
furnishing  volunteers  for  book  collecting 
through  its  motor  corps  but  the  assembling  of 
a  model  hospital  library  is  being  made  possible 
through  the  sale  of  unsuitable  books  which  are 
donated." 


Four  Generations  Have  Part 

(Continued  from  Page  2,  Column  3) 
committee  of  the  Woman's  Board.  This  board 
also  has  a  number  of  other  second  generation 
members  and  in  several  instances,  other  than 
those  mentioned,  a  mother  and  daughter  or 
daughter-in-law  are  both  active  on  the  board. 

Many  Others  Also  Serve 

While  Presbyterian  Hospital  owes  much  to 
the  loyalty  of  these  families  so  ably  repre- 
sented by  succeeding  generations,  the  institu- 
tion also  is  greatly  indebted  to  scores  of  others 
who  have  been  or  are  at  present  the  only 
representatives  of  their  families  identified  with 
the  work  as  members  of  the  Board  of  Manag- 
ers or  the  Woman's  Board. 

Throughout  the  years,  also,  members  of  the 
Medical  Staff  have  worked  in  close  coopera- 
tion with  the  Board  of  Managers,  while  wives 
of  staff  members  have  been  active  on  the 
Woman's  Board,  frequently  serving  as  officers 
or  committee  chairmen.  Some  of  the  most 
effective  of  these  women  workers  belong  to 
the  non-Presbyterian  general  membership 
group  as  do  a  number  of  other  valued  mem- 
bers of  the  Woman's  Board. 


MRS.  NICHOLS'  RECORD 

Ranking  next  to  Mrs.  D.  W.  Graham 
in  number  of  years  of  work  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  hospital,  is  Mrs.  George  R. 
Nichols,  who  joined  the  Ladies  Aid 
Society  in  1SS6  and  has  held  various  offi- 
ces and  committee  chairmanships  through 
the  years.  Mrs.  Nichols  still  is  active  as 
a  member  of  the  advisory  council  of  the 
Woman's  Board. 


3n  fHrmortam 


Golder  Lewis  McWhorter 
1888-1938 

On  October  16,  1938,  Chicago  lost  one 
of  her  outstanding  surgeons,  Golder  L. 
McWhorter.  His  quiet,  unassuming  man- 
ner, his  sincerity  and  integrity  of  purpose 
made  him  a  true  friend  of  his  patients 
and  his  associates.  His  courage  and  devo- 
tion to  his  chosen  profession  evoked  the 
admiration  of  all  who  knew  him.  His  in- 
terest in  his  work  was  attested  by  the  fact 
that  he  wrote  and  passed  the  Cook  Coun- 
ty Hospital  examination  last  year,  only  a 
few  weeks  after  he  had  been  operated 
upon  for  what  he  knew  was  probably  a 
hopeless  malignant  condition.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife  and  four  children.  In 
1915,  he  married  Mary  Louise  Etten  of 
Chicago.  By  this  union  there  were  two 
sons,  John  Tyler,  a  senior  in  the  school 
of  commerce  at  the  University  of  Chica- 
go, Henry  Etten,  now  in  the  medical 
school  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  and 
one  daughter,  Dorothy,  who  is  still  m 
grade  school.  Following  the  death  of  his 
wife,  in  1932,  he  married  Isabel  Chaplin, 
also  of  Chicago,  in  1934.  They  have  one 
child,  Bobby,  who  is  three  years  old. 

Golder  L.  McWhorter  was  born  on  a 
farm  near  Algona,  Iowa,  Sept.  23,  1888. 
He  graduated  from  Austin  high  school 
and  following  two  years  work  at  Coe 
College  he  received  his  B.  S.  degree  from 
the  University  of  Chicago  in  1911,  and 
his  medical  degree  from  Rush  Medical 
College  in  1913.  He  interned  at  Chil- 
dren's Memorial  and  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tals, after  which  he  studied  three  years  at 
the  University  of  Minnesota  Graduate 
School  of  Medicine  and  Mayo  Founda- 
tion. He  received  the  first  Ph.D.  in  sur- 
gery ever  granted  by  that  institution.  He 
served  as  instructor  and  ward  surgeon  at 
Camp  Greenleaf  and  Camp  Joseph  E. 
Johnson  during  the  World  War.  After 
the  war  he  became  associated  with  Rush 
Medical  College,  where  he  held  the  rank 
of  associate  clinical  professor  of  surgery. 

Doctor  McWhorter  was  a  prodigious 
worker.  He  published  more  than  seventy 
articles  in  leading  surgical  journals,  many 
of  which  were  based  on  experimental 
work  and  clinical  research.  His  experi- 
mental work  included  some  important 
work  on  the  bile  passages.  In  addition  to 
these,  he  wrote  many  short  articles  and 
book  reviews  for  various  medical  journals. 
He  was  an  assistant  attending  surgeon  at 
Presbyterian  Hospital  besides  serving  on 
the  staffs  of  several  other  hospitals.  Out- 
standing organisations  of  which  he  was  a 
member  or  fellow  included  the  American 
College  of  Surgeons,  Chicago  Surgical 
Society,  Western  Surgical  Society,  Insti- 
tute of  Medicine  of  Chicago  and  other 
local  and  national  medical  societies. 

— Gatewood 


HOSPITAL  IS  HOST  TO  THE 
CHICAGO  SURGICAL  SOCIETY 

Members  of  our  Medical  and  Surgical 
Staff  presented  a  clinical  program  in  our 
operating  rooms  before  the  members  of 
the  Chicago  Surgical  Society,  Jan.  6  from 
9:00  A.M.  to  12:30  P.M.  Visitors  and 
staff  members  were  guests  of  the  hospital 
at  luncheon. 

At  the  scientific  meeting  of  the  same 
society  that  evening  in  the  University 
Club,  papers  were  presented  by  Dr. 
Edwin  M.  Miller,  Dr.  E.  H.  Fell,  Dr. 
Kellogg  Speed  and  Dr.  D.  B.  Phemister. 


MEDICAL  STAFF  NEWS 

Dr.  Clifford  Grulee  addressed  the  Carroll-Jo 
Daviess  County  Medical  Societies,  Dec.  7  on 
"Infant  Feeding." 

*  *  * 

Dr.  Harry  Oberhelman  was  the  speaker  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Scott  County,  Iowa  Medical 
Society  at  Davenport,  Dec.  6.  His  topic  was 
"Some   Surgical   Problems." 

Dr.  Clayton  J.  Lundy  gave  a  talk  on 
Treatment  of  Arterio-sclerotic  Heart  Disease" 
before  the  Medical  Society  of  Will-Grundy 
Counties,   Dec.   7. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Western  Surgical 
Association  in  Omaha,  Dec.  2  and  3,  Dr. 
Gatewood  discussed  three  papers;  one  on 
gastric  motolity,  one  on  hypospadias,  and  one 
on  anesthesia. 

Dr.  Herman  L.  Kretschmer  gave  a  paper  on 
"Elusive  Ulcer"  before  the  Southeastern  branch 
of  the  American  Urological  Association  at 
Louisville,   Ky.,  Dec.    2. 

At  the  December  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Ophthalmological  Society,  Dr.  W.  F.  Mon- 
creiff  presented  a  preliminary  report  on 
"Corneal  Transplantation:  New  Technic." 

Two  residents  reported  in  the  December 
issue  as  leaving  on  Jan.  1,  will  continue  their 
services  as  follows:  Dr.  Henry  H.  Halley,  Jr., 
pathology;  and  Dr.  N.  J.  Lilleberg,  obstetrics 
and   gynecology. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  Daniel  B.  Hayden  was  one  of  the 
speakers  at  the  January  meeting  of  the  Chica- 
go Laryngolocial  and  Otological  Society,  be- 
fore which  he  presented  an  illustrated  address 
on  "Evaluation  of  the  Methods  of  Tinnitus 
Aurium." 


ALUMNAE  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

At  the  annual  meeting  held  in  December, 
Miss  Charlotte  F.  Landt  was  elected  president 
of  the  Alumnae  Association  of  the  School  of 
Nursing.  Miss  Landt  is  assistant  director  of 
the  School  of  Nursing  of  Cook  County  Hos- 
pital and  night  superintendent  of  nurses  in 
lh.it  hospital.  Miss  Alma  Foerster,  public 
health  nursing  instructor  in  our  School  of 
Nursing,  was  named  second  vice-president. 
Mrs.  Dorothy  Van  Gorp  was  re-elected  trea- 
surer and  Misses  Ethel  Holbrook  and  Esther 
Sanderson  were  elected  directors.  Other  offi- 
cers hold  over  another  year. 

Miss  Dora  Corneilson,  field  representative 
of  the  American  Journal  of  Nursing,  spoke  at 
the  Alumnae  meeting,  Jan.  3.  She  also  ad- 
dressed  the  members  of  the  senior  class  of  the 
school. 


CHRISTMAS  AND  NEW  YEAR  BABIES 

Two  boys  were  born  in  our  hospital  on 
Christmas  day  and  two  girls  arrived  on  New 
Year  day. 

Our  first  Christmas  baby  was  born  at  4:11 
A.M.  His  parents  are  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Casimir 
Strzalka,  2253  W.  Iowa  Street,  and  his  name 
is  Richard   Christ. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Haan,  826  Mich- 
igan Ave.,  Evanston,  are  the  parents  of  our 
other  Christmas  baby,  who  was  named  Edward 
Davies. 

The  first  1939  baby  was  Eileen  Phyllis 
Lambertz,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  N. 
Lambertz,  5020  S.  Tripp  Avenue,  born  at 
2:55   A.M. 

Our  second  1939  baby  was  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Franklin  M.  Watkins  of  7110  Cornell 
Ave.  Her  name,  Manlin  Jean  is  a  combina- 
tion of  the  given  names  of  her  parents. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF   THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 
Telephone:  Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and   MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS Secretary 

FRED    S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

John  B.  Drake  Rev.     John     Timothy 
James  B.  Forgan,  Jr.  Stone,  D.D. 

Albert  D.  Farwell  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Alfred  E.  Hamill  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Charles  H.   Hamill  John  P.  Welling 
Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.    Harrison    Ray   Anderson,   D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.   W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 

VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D President 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST    E.     IRONS President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN     Director    Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL  Dean    and    Acting    Director 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21.  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and   for  the  general   purposes  of  the  hospital. 


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February,    1939 


Vol.   31.  No.  2 


MISS  ROGERS  IS  NAMED 

NEW  HEAD  OF  SCHOOL 

OF  NURSING 

Begins  Duties  in  September 


Appointment  of  Miss  Dorothy  Rogers 
to  the  position  of  director  of  the  School 
of  Nursing  and  nursing  service  of  Pres- 
byterian Hospital  has  been  announced  by 
the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  hospital. 
Miss  Rogers  will  fill  the  vacancy  created 
by  the  retirement  last  October  of  Miss 
M.  Helena  McMillan,  founder  of  the 
school,  and  its  director  for  35  years. 
Miss  Rogers  now  holds  the  position  of 
assistant  professor  of  nursing  education 
at  the  University  of  Chicago  and  will  not 
take  over  her  new  duties  in  the  school 
and  hospital  until  September  1.  In  the 
meantime,  Miss  May  L.  Russell,  dean, 
will  continue  as  acting  director  of  the 
school  and  Miss  Harriet  E.  Forrest  will 
continue  as  director  of  the  hospital  nurs- 
ing service. 

Is  Alumna  of  School 

Miss  Rogers  is  not  a  stranger  to  the 
school  and  hospital.  She  was  graduated 
from  the  former  in  1921  and  has  been  a 
member  of  the  graduate  committee  of 
consultants  in  recent  years.  She  brings  to 
her  task  broad  educational  preparation 
and  wide  administrative  experience  in 
other  institutions.  After  graduating  from 
Oak  Park  High  School  in  1913  she  re- 
ceived the  BA.  degree  in  1918  from 
Wellsley  College,  Wellsley,  Mass.;  a 
diploma  from  the  School  of  Nursing  of 
Presbyterian  Hospital  in  1921;  and  in 
1926  received  a  Master  of  Arts  degree  in 
administration  of  nursing  schools  from 
Teachers'  College,  Columbia  University, 
New  York  City. 

Administrative  and  professional  posi- 
tions held  by  Miss  Rogers  have  been  as 
follows :  assistant  superintendent  of  nurses 
at  Washington  Boulevard  Hospital,  Chi- 
cago, 1922-25;  assistant  director  of  the 
School  of  Nursing  of  Washington  Uni- 


NEW   DIRECTOR 


MISS  DOROTHY  ROGERS 


versity  and  superintendent  of  nurses  in 
Barnes  Hospital,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1926-30; 
professor  of  nursing  and  director  of  the 
John  Sealy  College  of  Nursing  of  the 
University  of  Texas,  Galveston,  1931-35; 
assistant  professor  of  nursing  education, 
University  of  Chicago,  since  1935. 

Miss  Rogers  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
State  Nurses1  Association  and  since  1936 
has  been  president  of  the  Illinois  League 
of  Nursing  Education.  This  organization 
is  made  up  of  a  professional  group  con- 
cerned with  the  problems  of  nursing 
schools  and  nursing  education  in  the  state. 


17,000th    BABY   IS   DUE 

SOON  IN  MATERNITY 

DEPARTMENT 

To  Receive  #100  Baby  Bond 

Sometime  within  a  few  weeks  Pres- 
byterian Hospital  will  celebrate  the  ar- 
rival of  the  17,000th  baby  horn  in  the 
institution  since  it  was  first  opened  in 
August  1884.  No  one  knows  the  day 
or  the  hour  when  this  historic  event  will 
take  place.  Births  numbered  16,914  up 
to  February  1  and  range  from  50  to  100 
per  month.  The  average  for  the  1938 
total  of  883  births  was  76  per  month. 

Who  Will  Be  Lucky  Baby? 

Being  born  in  Presbyterian  Hospital  is 
a  lucky  break  for  almost  any  baby,  but 
it's  going  to  be  extra  lucky  for  our 
17,000th  baby.  Here's  why — just  to  let 
the  world  know  how  proud  we  are  to 
have  had  17,000  babies  first  see  the  light 
of  day  under  our  roof,  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers is  going  to  present  the  17,000th 
baby  with  (of  all  things)  a  $100  U.  S. 
Baby  Bond.  The  usual  birth  certificate 
signed  by  the  hospital  superintendent  also 
will  bear  a  special  notation  stating  that 
the  baby  is  the  17,000th  infant  born  in 
Presbyterian  Hospital. 

Hospital   Births   Increase 

Maternity  departments  in  general  hos- 
pitals are  rapidly  becoming  the  birthplace 
of  the  nation,  recent  statistics  showing 
that  nearly  one-half  of  all  births  in  the 
United  States  each  year  occur  in  hospitals 
and  that  94  per  cent  of  the  hospital  births 
take  place  in  general  hospitals. 

When  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  was 
opened  to  patients  in  1884  and  for  many 
years  thereafter  only  unusual  circum- 
stances sent  a  woman  to  a  hospital  to 
have  her  baby.  Of  the  16,914  births  in 
the  hospital  prior  to  February  1,  1939, 
only  776  occurred  during  the  first  20 
years  of  its  existence — fewer  than  now 
occur  here  each  year. 


PRENATAL    AND    HOSPITAL 
CARE  AFFORDED  THROUGH 
HOUSE    SERVICE    OB.    PLAN 


Through  the  cooperation  of  the  obstet- 
rical department  of  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, a  prenatal  and  postnatal  clinic  for 
hospital  house  service  obstetrical  regis- 
trants has  been  maintained  in  the  hospital 
examining  rooms  since  1920.  These  pa- 
tients pay  a  flat  rate  which  is  within  the 
means  of  persons  of  small  incomes,  and 
which  covers  prenatal  and  postnatal  care 
and  ten  days  hospitalisation  at  the  time 
of  delivery.  The  clinic  staff  consists  of 
an  attending  obstetrician,  the  hospital 
resident  obstetrician,  interns,  dentist, 
pediatrician,  graduate  nurse,  student 
nurses,  and  medical  social  worker.  Con- 
sultation with  other  medical  specialists  is 
available  when  needed.  Registrations  are 
received  by  the  hospital  Social  Service  de- 
partment and  expectant  mothers  are 
urged  to  register  early  in  pregnancy. 

Last  year  637  house  service  patients 
were  admitted  for  hospitalisation  in  our 
maternity  department.  Clinic  visits  num- 
bered 4,738. 

Service   for   Private   Patients 

Private  patients  of  obstetrical  staff 
members  receive  prenatal  care  at  the 
offices  of  their  physicians,  coming  to  the 
hospital  for  special  examinations  and  con- 
sultation with  other  physicians  when  this 
is  deemed  necessary.  Among  the  babies 
born  to  private  patients  here  last  year 
were  a  granddaughter  of  a  late  member 
of  the  President's  Cabinet,  a  grand- 
nephew  of  the  late  Czar  Nicholas  of 
Russia,  and  a  considerable  number  who 
bear  names  well  known  in  business  and 
social  circles  of  Chicagoland.  The  choice 
of  Presbyterian  Hospital  by  these  discern- 
ing people  as  the  birthplace  of  their 
babies  is  highly  gratifying  to  the  hospital 
management  and  the  obstetrical  medical 
and  nursing  staffs.  However,  every 
mother  and  every  baby  cared  for  in  our 
maternity  department  receives  the  best 
that  present-day  obstetrical  knowledge 
can  provide,  regardless  of  their  economic 
or  social  status. 

Each  newborn  baby  is  placed  under  the  care 
of  a  pediatrician  with  the  result  that  the  new- 
born death  rate  in  the  hospital  has  been  mate- 
rially reduced  within  the  last  ten  years  through 
scientific  feeding,  prompt  medical  measures, 
early  correction  of  defects,  and  the  provision 
of  incubator  care  for  all  premature  and  other 
under-developed  and  weak  babies.  A  detailed 
article  on  the  care  oi  the  newborn  in  our  hos- 
pital appeared  in  the  May  1938  issue  of  our 
Bulletin. 

Patients  from  Wide  Area 

Checking  over  the  home  addresses  ol  pa« 
tients  whose  babies  were  born  in  the  hospital 
last  year  we  find  that  these  mothers  came  from 
every    section    of   Chicago,    30   different    sub- 

urb; mmunities,  and  several   more  distant 

points. 


Keeping  Mothers  Alive 

That  adequate  prenatal  care  and 
sound  obstetrical  procedures  can  elimi- 
nate nearly  all  deaths  of  mothers  due 
to  childbirth  causes  is  proven  by  recent 
records  of  both  the  maternity  depart- 
ment of  Presbyterian  Hospital  and  the 
Out-Patient  Obstetrical  service.  In  the 
last  3,398  births  in  the  hospital,  only 
three  maternal  deaths  occurred,  while 
the  out-patient  record  was  two  deaths 
in  the  last  2,453  births.  The  three 
maternal  deaths  in  the  hospital  were 
due  to  causes  unrelated  to  childbirth 
and  two  of  these  deaths  might  have 
been  prevented  if  an  obstetrician  had 
been  consulted  early  in  pregnancy. 

Our  combined  hospital  and  out- 
patient record  of  one  maternal  death 
for  each  1,170  live  births  in  recent 
years  is  much  lower  than  the  national 
rate  of  5.8  maternal  deaths  per  1,000 
live  births  and  is  less  than  half  as  high 
as  the  all-Chicago  rate  of  2.7  maternal 
deaths  per  1,000  live  births  in  1938. 

How  Presbyterian  Hospital,  Central 
Free  Dispensary  and  Rush  Medical 
College  cooperate  to  provide  adequate 
prenatal,  obstetrical,  and  postnatal  care 
to  hundreds  of  mothers  each  year  is 
described  in  several  articles  in  this 
Bulletin. 


DR.  HERRICK  HONORED  BY 
UNIVERSITY   OF   CHICAGO 
AT  WINTER  CONVOCATION 

Dr.  James  B.  Hernck,  a  member  of  our 
Medical  Staff  since  1891,  was  awarded 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science 
at  the  Winter  Convocation  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  Dec.  20.  He  was  pre- 
sented by  Dr.  Emmet  B.  Bay,  dean  of 
Rush  Medical  College,  who  was  a  stu- 
dent and  associate  of  Dr.  Hernck.  The 
citation  states  "Scholarly  teacher  and  de- 
voted physician  whose  character  and  at- 
tainments have  adorned  this  University 
and  whose  contributions  to  knowledge 
have  enriched  the  annals  of  medical 
science." 

The  following  comment  is  from  the 
Alumni  l\[ews  of  the  university: 

Known  among  medical  men  as  the  "dean  of 
internists,"  Dr.  Herrick  is  internationally 
famous  for  his  work  on  coronary  thrombosis, 
and  only  to  a  slightly  lesser  degree,  for  his 
study  of  "sickle  cell'  anemia.  Born  in  Oak 
Park  in  1861,  Dr.  Herrick  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  and  received  his  M.D. 
degree  from  Rush  in  1888.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Rush  faculty  from  1890  to  1927. 
Founder  and  first  president  of  the  Chicago 
Society  of  Internal  Medicine,  he  has  held  the 
presidency  of  the  Institute  of  Medicine  of 
Chicago,  the  American  Heart  Association,  the 
Association  of  American  Physicians,  and  the 
Congress  of  American  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons. Dr.  Herrick  received  in  19  30  the 
Kobcr  Medal  of  the  Association  of  American 
Physicians  and  Michigan  conferred  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  Doctor  oi  Laws  upon  him  in 
1932. 


OUT-PATIENT    OB.    SERVICE 
HAS  ATTENDED  MORE  THAN 
20,000    BIRTHS    IN    HOMES 

Proud  as  we  are  about  the  nearly 
17,000  babies  born  in  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital we  are  equally  proud  of  the  part 
that  the  hospital  has  had  in  providing  free 
medical  care  at  20,206  births  in  homes 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Out-Patient 
Obstetrical  department  which  has  been 
maintained  since  1904  by  the  hospital, 
Rush  Medical  College  and  Central  Free 
Dispensary.  To  have  assisted  37,120 
babies  into  the  world  is  something  of  a 
record! 

Have  Prenatal  Care 

Most  of  the  obstetrical  patients  cared 
for  by  members  of  the  Out-Patient  Ob- 
stetrical staff  are  registered  in  advance  by 
the  prenatal  clinic  at  Central  Free  Dis- 
pensary, where  information  as  to  their 
circumstances  is  obtained,  in  order  that 
the  services  of  the  department  may  be 
given  only  to  those  unable  to  pay  a  pri- 
vate physician  or  obtain  private  medical 
care  through  a  relief  agency.  Prenatal 
care  is  given  through  visits  to  the  clinic, 
and  last-minute  registrations  are  accepted 
only  in  unusual  emergencies.  Students 
in  our  School  of  Nursing  assist  in  the 
prenatal  clinic  at  the  dispensary  and  make 
many  home  visits.  Visits  of  doctors  and 
nurses  in  homes  totaled  2,160  in  1938. 

440  Births  in  Homes 

Prenatal  and  postnatal  clinic  visits  of 
651  mothers  numbered  2,542.  Many  of 
these  mothers  were  referred  to  other 
clinics  in  the  dispensary  for  diagnosis  and 
treatment  of  pathological  conditions.  Free 
medical  attendance  was  provided  at  440 
births  m  homes.  Newborn  babies  are 
visited  by  a  hospital  pediatrician  within  a 
few  hours  after  the  birth  is  reported  and 
if  deemed  necessary  are  seen  in  their 
homes  by  an  attending  pediatrician. 

Provide  Hospital  Care 

When  the  condition  of  a  mother  or 
newborn  baby  is  such  as  to  demand  it, 
free  hospitalisation  is  provided  in  our 
hospital  or  arrangements  made  for 
prompt  admission  to  Cook  County  Hos- 
pital. In  1938,  4  mothers  and  15  new- 
born babies  were  admitted  to  our  hospi- 
tal through  the  Out-Patient  Obstetrical 
department. 


MISS  EKELUND  RECOVERS 

The  many  friends  of  Miss  Ellen  Ekelund 
192  3  graduate  of  the  School  of  Nursing,  will 
be  pleased  to  learn  that  she  has  fully  re- 
covered from  her  recent  long  illness  and  has 
taken  a  position  as  field  nurse  with  the  Desert 
Mission,  a  Presbyterian  tuberculosis  sanitarium 
near  Phoenix,  Anz.  Miss  Ekelund  formerly 
was  the  nurse  in  charge  of  the  Baby  Clinic  at 
the  dispensary. 


NEARLY    30,000   PERSONS 

TREATED   IN   1938 

AT  DISPENSARY 

Visits  Totaled  185,655 

Nearly  30,000  different  individuals  re- 
ceived medical  care  in  the  clinics  of  Cen- 
tral Free  Dispensary  in  1938,  Dr.  George 
W.  Duvall,  superintendent,  reported  at 
the  71st  annual  meeting  of  that  institu- 
tion on  January  31.  Dr.  Robert  H. 
Herbst,  president,  and  other  officers  and 
board  members  were  reelected. 

Though  under  separate  management 
the  dispensary  serves  as  the  out-patient 
department  of  Presbyterian  Hospital  and 
the  out-patient  clinical  teaching  center  of 
i  Rush  Medical  College.  The  hospital  ad- 
mits dispensary-referred  patients  to  the 
extent  that  its  facilities  and  funds  permit, 
and  also  cooperates  with  the  dispensary  in 
numerous  other  ways.  Dispensary  clinics 
are  staffed  by  members  of  the  college 
faculty,  whose  services  are  donated.  The 
dispensary  has  its  own  pharmacy  which 
provides  medicines  needed  by  patients. 

Patients,  who  are  able,  pay  nominal  fees 
but  last  year  such  fees  were  collected  for  only 
20  percent  of  the  185,65?  visits.  The  re- 
mainder of  the  dispensary's  budget  of 
$117,000  was  obtained  in  the  form  of  contri- 
butions from  the  state  relief  administration, 
Community  Fund  and  interested  individuals. 
In  addition  to  other  employed  personnel,  the 
dispensary  has  a  well  organized  Social  Service 
department  whose  ten  medical  social  workers 
and  an  assisting  clerical  staff  investigate  appli- 
cations for  dispensary  care  which  is  restricted 
to  those  found  unable  to  pay  for  private  medi- 
cal service.  If  each  of  the  185,655  visits  to 
dispensary  clinics  last  year  was  paid  for  at 
rates  charged  by  physicians  for  ordinary  office 
calls,  the  free  service  given  by  members  of 
Rush  faculty  would  cost  at  least  half  a  million 
dollars.  This  sum  would  not  include  extra 
charges  for  laboratory  and  other  tests,  X-ray 
films  and  fluoroscopic  examinations,  minor  sur- 
gery, and  special  treatments  provided  by  the 
dispensary  and  the  hospital. 

Last  year  Presbyterian  Hospital  admitted 
1,810  dispensary-referred  patients  for  hospi- 
talization, provided  on  either  a  free  or  part- 
free  basis.  Of  these  patients,  1,136  were 
children. 


HEALTH    OF   BABIES  IS   GUARDED   HERE 


PIONEER   SYPHILIS   CLINIC 

Central  Free  Dispensary  was  the  pioneer  in- 
stitution in  Chicago  in  which  adequate,  scien- 
tific treatment  of  syphilis  was  made  available 
to  the  poor.  Dr.  Oliver  S.  Ormsby,  head  of 
the  departments  of  dermatology  in  Rush  Medi- 
cal College  and  Presbyterian  Hospital,  started 
this  work  at  the  dispensary  in  1916,  during 
which  year,  2,711  Wassermann  tests  were 
given  and  467  patients  were  under  treatment. 
Thousands  of  Wassermanns  have  been  given 
each  year  since  and  treatments  in  the  22  years 
total  more  than  400,000.  Patients  under  treat- 
ment in   1938  paid  27,625  visits  to  this  clinic. 

This  department  does  much  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  mothers,  babies  and  children.  Was- 
sermanns are  taken  on  expectant  mothers  early 
in  pregnancy  so  that  those  giving  positive  re- 
dactions may  receive  adequate  treatment  which 
in  most  instances  prevents  the  birth  of  syphili- 
tic babies.  Wassermanns  also  are  taken  on 
children  whose  mothers  are  found  to  have  this 


Health  of  918  babies  and  young  children  was  guarded  through  4,832  visits  in  the  Baby 
Clinic  at  Central  Free  Dispensary  in  1938.  Weight  and  other  conditions  are  checked  and 
conferences  with  mothers  held  on  Monday,  Wednesday  and  Thursday  afternoons  from  1:00 
to  2:00.   In  1938  attendance  averaged  32.4  infants  per  conference. 

The  little  fellow  in  the  picture  isn't  quite  sure  he  knows  what  it's  all  about,  but  his 
young  mother  (left)  seems  very  happy  about  having  the  help  of  the  clinic  to  keep  her  baby 
well.  Miss  Margarette  Schwan,  student  from  the  School  of  Nursing  of  Presbyterian  Hospital, 
is  getting  the  scales  set  to  record  the  baby's  weight. 


HOSPITAL,  DISPENSARY  AND 
RUSH  COLLEGE  COOPERATE 
IN    CHILD    HEALTH    WORK 


Health  of  babies,  pre-school  and  school  chil- 
dren is  guarded  through  conferences  with 
mothers  held  in  the  baby  and  pediatric  clinics 
at  Central  Free  Dispensary,  with  the  coopera- 
tion of  Rush  Medical  College  and  Presbyterian 
Hospital. 

The  baby  clinic  was  established  seven  years 
ago  to  take  over  the  work  of  the  infant  wel- 
fare station  which  had  been  maintained  up  to 
that  time  by  the  Infant  Welfare  Society  of 
Chicago.  A  pediatrician  and  graduate  nurse 
are  assisted  by  medical  students  and  student 
nurses.  Volunteer  workers  are  provided  by 
the  hospital  Woman's  Board  which  also  do- 
nates clothing  for  needy  babies  and  children. 
Sick  babies  who  require  hospital  care  are  refer- 
red to  Presbyterian  Hospital  as  free  or  part- 
pay  patients  if  parents  are  unable  to  pay  for 
hospitalization.  However,  most  of  the  babies 
are  kept  free  from  illness  through  regular 
check-ups  and  advice  given  to  mothers. 

The  pediatric  clinic  at  the  dispensary  regis- 
tered 3,050  children  who  made  a  total  of 
6,927  visits  in  1938.  Children  referred  for 
hospital  care  numbered  169,  most  of  whom 
were  admitted  as  free  patients.  In  addition  to 
those  referred  by  the  pediatric  clinic,  967 
children  were  referred  by  the  dispensary  nose 
and  throat  department  for  overnight  hospitali- 
zation following  tonsillectomies  performed  in 
that  department.  Most  of  these  were  admitted 
as  free  patients. 

disease  and  at  the  present  time  175  such  chil- 
dren are  under  treatment  in  this  clinic. 

Practically  every  department  of  the  dispen- 
sary does  notable  work  in  the  interest  of 
maternal  and  child  health,  providing  medical 
treatment  which  would  not  be  obtained  other- 
wise. 


RELIGIOUS  BOOK  CLUB  LISTS 

BOOK  BY  HOSPITAL  CHAPLAIN 

"And  Te  Visited  Me,"  a  recently  published 
book  by  Rev.  Russell  L.  Dicks,  chaplain  in 
our  hospital,  was  listed  as  one  of  the  books 
offered  in  January  by  the  Religious  Book  Club. 
The  book  is  described  as  a  "source  book  for 
ministers  in  work  with  the  sick."  It  contains 
247  pages  and  is  published  by  Harper  Brothers. 
Rev.  Dicks  is  the  author  of  three  other  books. 

In  recognition  of  his  "contributions  to  con- 
temporary literature,"  Rev.  Dicks  recently 
was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Eugene  Field  Society,  a  national  organization 
with  headquarters  in  St.  Louis. 


MEDICAL    STAFF    NEWS 

Dr.  Edward  Allen  and  Dr.  Fred  Priest  were 
on  the  program  at  the  scientific  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Gynecological  Society,  Jan.  20. 

Dr.  Vernon  C.  David  was  one  of  the  speak- 
ers at  the  Chicago  Medical  Society  meeting  on 
Feb.  1,  when  the  general  topic  was  "Mortality 
of  Appendicitis."  Dr.  David  presented  a  paper 
on  "The  Surgical  Treatment  of  Appendicitis." 

At  the  pediatric  staff  clinical  conference  in 
Cook  County  Children's  Hospital,  Jan.  24,  Dr. 
Noel  G.  Shaw  spoke  on  "Recent  Develop- 
ments in  the  Study  of  Childhood  Pneumonia." 


Dr.  Earle  B.  Fowler  is  the  new  president  of 
the  Chicago  Ophthalmology  Society  and  Dr. 
Vernon  M.  Leech  was  elected  secretary  of  the 
same  society. 

Dr.  Herman  L.  Ketschmer  gave  two  ad- 
dresses before  the  Post-Graduate  Medical 
School  in  Atlanta,  Ga.  on  Jan.  17.  He  was 
in  New  York  City  Jan.  13-15  conducting  ex- 
aminations given  by  the  American  Board  of 
Urology  of  which  he  is  president. 


PHILIP   R.    CLARKE    NEW 

MEMBER  OF  BOARD 

OF  MANAGERS 

Officers  Are  Reelected 


At  the  56th  annual  meeting  of  Pres- 
byterian Hospital  held  on  January  18, 
Mr.  John  McKinlay,  president,  and  all 
other  officers  and  board  members  were 
reelected.  Mr.  Philip  R.  Clarke,  presi- 
dent of  the  City  National  Bank,  is  a  new 
member  of  the  board,  elected  to  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Robert  Stevenson,  Jr.  Mr.  Clarke's  fa- 
ther, who  died  many  years  ago,  organized 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  Hinsdale  and 
was  an  early-day  supporter  of  the  hos- 
pital. Following  his  death,  Mrs.  Clarke 
married  T.  R.  Swezy.  Mrs.  Swesy  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Woman's  Board 
for  several  years.  Mrs.  W.  B.  McKeand 
of  Hinsdale,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Swez;y  and 
sister  of  Philip  R.  Clarke,  has  long  been 
an  active  member  of  the  hospital  Wo- 
man's Board  and  since  1929  has  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Thanksgiving  offering 
committee.  Mrs.  McKeand's  daughter, 
Mrs.  Gordon  B.  Wheeler  of  Hinsdale 
was  elected  treasurer  of  the  Woman's 
Board  at  its  recent  annual  meeting,  after 
having  served  as  assistant  treasurer  since 
1934.' 

More  Charity  in    1938 

In  his  report,  Mr.  McKinlay,  president 
of  the  Board  of  Managers,  pointed  out 
that  25.7  per  cent  of  patient  days  m  1938 
was  charity  as  compared  to  21.6  per  cent 
in  1937.  He  stated  that  in  order  to  meet 
increasing  demands  for  charity  work, 
buy  needed  equipment,  and  make  essen- 
tial improvements,  the  hospital  must  ob- 
tain more  donations  to  its  general  fund 
and  additional  endowments.  Expenditures 
for  repairs  and  renewals  in  1938  totaled 
$37,1 18.  These  included  additional  X-ray 
and  operating  room  equipment,  new  en- 
trance canopy,  new  furnishings  of  vari- 
ous kinds  and  a  newly  equipped  ward 
for  premature  infants  to  be  opened  soon. 

Highlights  from  the  report  of  the 
superintendent,  Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  were 
published  in  the  January  Bulletin,  and  a 
more  detailed  report  will  appear  in  the 
yearbook  as  will  also  the  reports  of  the 
president  and  treasurer. 


IS   YOUNGEST   JUDGE 

Judge  Elmer  Medlin  of  Carbondale  recently 
I  i.  ided  in  Circuit  Court  in  Chicago  and  was 
said  to  he  the  youngest  judge  who  had  ever 
sat  in  th.it  court,  being  only  25  years  old.  Be- 
fore he  hecame  a  lawyer,  Judge  Medlin 
worked  as  an  orderly  in  Presbyterian  Hospital. 


To  live  in  hearts  we  leave  behind, 
h  not  to  die. 

—Thomas  Campbell 


WASHINGTON 

By  G.  B.  Smith 

His  spirit  lives  in  every  noble  deed 
In  love  of  country  and  of  fellowmen; 

In  reverence  for  our  own  and  others'  creed. 
In  great  words  uttered  or  sent  forth  by  pen. 

His  life  calls  forth  the  good  in  every  soul, 
The  longing  that  war  in  all  lands  shall  cease. 

His  high  ideals  shall  ever  he  our  goal; 

He  lives  in  brotherhood,  in  love,  in  peace. 


Sayings  of  Washington 

I  shall  never  attempt  to  palliate  my  own 
foibles  by  exposing  the  error  of  another. 

A  good  moral  character  is  the  first  essential 
in  man.  It  is  therefore  highly  important  to 
endeavor  to  not  only  be  learned  but  to  be 
virtuous. 


3n  fHrmnriam 


Robert  Stevenson 
1878-1938 

At  the  meeting  of  Board  of  Managers 
of  Presbyterian  Hospital  on  January  18, 
1939,  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted  on  the  death  of  Robert  Stevenson : 

The  Board  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal of  the  City  of  Chicago  desire  to  rec- 
ord the  loss  of  their  friend  and  fellow- 
manager,  Robert  Stevenson,  and  to  ex- 
press their  appreciation  of  his  services  to 
the  hospital. 

Born  at  Chicago,  June  25,  1878,  he 
was  graduated  from  Yale  University  with 
the  class  of  1900  and  commenced  his 
career  with  the  family  firm,  Robert 
Stevenson  &?  Co.,  wholesale  druggists,  but 
soon  entered  the  investment  banking  field 
where  he  continued  for  the  rest  of  his 
life.  During  the  World  War  he  served 
as  deputy  food  administrator  for  Illinois. 
A  resident  of  Winnetka,  he  was  active  in 
civic  matters  and  .it  one  time  President  of 
the  Village  Trustees.  He  was  a  member 
of  our  Board  and  of  the  Committee  on 
House  and  Buildings  for  some  fifteen 
years. 

Robert  Stevenson  had  a  genius  for 
friendship.  He  loved  his  fellow  man.  We 
shall  always  remember  him  with  affec- 
tion, and  the  Hospital  will  continue  to 
reflect    his   hum, in    interest   and    benevo- 

Wc    direct    that    this   brief    tribute    be 
spread  upon  our  records,  and  th.it  a  copy 
be  sent  to  his  wife  and  children. 
ATTEST: 

Kingman    Douglass,    Secretary 
John   McKinlay,   President 


BLOOD  TRANSFUSION   FUND 

Following  the  death  of  Dr.  Edwin  R.| 
LeCount  of  our  Medical  Staff,  in  1935, 
Mrs.  LeCount  gave  $1,000  to  establish  a 
blood  transfusion  fund.  To  this  amount 
Miss  Gracia  M.  F.  Barnhart  of  Hinsdale 
added  $400  in  memory  of  her  father 
and  mother.  A  few  small  donations  were 
received  from  others.  On  learning,  a  few 
days  ago,  that  the  entire  fund  had  been 
exhausted,  Miss  Barnhart  contributed 
$100  more.  The  fund  is  used  to  pay 
donors  for  blood  transfusions  given  pa- 
tients who  are  unable  to  obtain  a  volun- 
teer donor  with  the  right  type  of  blood 
and  who  lack  means  to  pay  an  outside 
donor.  Additional  contributions  to  this 
fund  are  needed  greatly. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 

Telephone:   Seeley   7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President] 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS Secretary 

FRED   S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert   B.   Dick,   Jr.  Rev.     John     Timothy 
John   B.   Drake  Stone.   D.D. 

James  B.  Forqan,  Jr.  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albeit  D.   Farwell  J.   Hall   Taylor 

Alfred  E.  Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles   H.   Hamill  Edward   F.   Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.  Harrison    Ray   Anderson,    D.D. 

Rev.  Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 

Rev.  Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 

Rev.  W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 
VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,   D.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 

MRS.     ERNEST     E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN  Director    Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL  Dean    and    Acting    Director 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The   Board    of   Managers    call    attention   to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital. 
physici<ns,  Recobd  c ' 


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MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL    ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,  111. 


March,    1939 


Vol.   31,  No.   3 


MORE  FREE  CARE  GIVEN  NEEDY  PATIENTS  IN  1938 


Average  of  Six  Free  and  16 

Part-Pay    Patients 

Admitted  Daily 


Although  contributions  from  churches 
and  individuals,  and  income  from  hospital 
endowments  amounted  to  less  in  1938 
than  for  the  preceding  year,  Presbyterian 
Hospital  was  called  upon  to  provide  more 
free  care  for  needy  sick  persons  in  1938 
than  in  1937.  Obviously  such  a  program 
cannot  be  continued  indefinitely  and  for 
this  reason  the  hospital's  annual  appeal 
to  the  churches  this  Easter  season  carries 
an  urgency  which  it  is  hoped  will  bring 
a  liberal  response. 

"I  was  sic\  and  ye  visited  me  not"  is 
an  indictment  which  none  of  us  want  to 
hear  from  the  Master  when  we  meet  Him 
face  to  face.  Visualise  an  army  of  more 
than  8,000  men,  women,  and  children, 
many  of  them  desperately  ill,  some  seri- 
ously injured,  all  in  need  of  care  which 
only  the  hospital  can  provide.  Here  they 
come,  an  average  of  22  for  every  day  in 
the  year.  Six  of  the  22  are  entirely  with- 
out means  to  pay  for  hospitalization — the 
other  16  can  pay  only  a  part  of  the  cost, 
some  only  a  fraction  of  it.  Which  of 
these  would  YOU  turn  away? 

Back  of  each  of  these  22  patients 
who  constituted  Presbyterian  Hospital's 
DAILY  average  of  free  and  part-pay  pa- 
tients admitted  in  1938  was  a  well- 
authenticated  story  of  physical  need  and 
lack  of  means  to  meet  the  expense  in- 
volved. Our  hospital  met  this  challenge 
of  sick  and  suffering  humanity  at  a  total 
cost  of  $171,680.  In  addition,  members 
of  our  Medical  Staff  gave  generously  of 
their  services  to  these  needy  patients. 

And  on  the  morrow,  he  too\  out  two 
shillings,  and  gave  them  to  the  host  and 
said,  "Ta\e  care  of  him;  and  whatsoever 
thou  spendest  more,  I,  when  I  come  bac\ 

again  will  repay  thee." And 

Jesus  said,  "Go  thou,  and  do  li\ewise." 
Luke  10:35,  37. 


The  little  girl  at  the  right  was 
burned  badly  en  her  legs,  when 
she  went  too  close  to  a  bonfire. 
That's  why  she  has  a  "cradle" 
over  her  bed  which  keeps  the 
covers  from  touching  the  burns 
while  they  heal.  Below,  three 
convalescent  youngsters  are  smil- 
ing happily  because  the  nurse 
has  just  arrived  with  ice  cream 
for  dessert.  Being  in  the  hos- 
pital means  for  many  of  our 
small  patients  better  and  more 
nourishing  food  than  they  get 
at  any  other  time. 

Cheer  Up  beds  endowed  by 
the  Easter  and  other  offerings 
of  Presbyterian  Sunday  Schools 
made  it  possible  for  the  hospital 
to  provide  free  care  for  779  sick 
children  last  year.  In  addition, 
parents  of  888  child  patients 
paid  only  a  part  of  the  cost  of 
care  given,  this  being  in  many 
instances  but  a  fraction  of  the 
total.  The  ninth  Cheer  Up  bed 
endowment  has  been  completed 
and  this  year's  Easter  offering 
will  apply  on  the  fund  for  Cheer 
Up   Bed  No.   10. 


FORTY-TWO  CHURCHES 

REPRESENTED    ON 

WOMAN'S  BOARD 

Assist  Work  of  Hospital 


Forty-two  churches  of  the  Chicago 
Presbytery  sent  representatives  to  serve 
on  the  Woman's  Board  of  Presbyterian 
Hospital  the  past  year.  The  board  had  a 
total  enrollment  of  250,  including  pas- 
tors1  wives,  honorary  and  non-resident 
members.  Thirty-three  new  members 
were  accepted  and  15  members  resigned 
during  the  year.  Three  churches  were 
added  to  the  list  of  those  represented 
on  the  board  —  Albany  Park,  Clarendon 
Hills,  and  Clement  Churches. 

Associate  members  were  enrolled  from 
22  churches.  Miss  Lucibel  Dunham,  who 
has  been  the  efficient  chairman  of  the 
associate  membership  committee  for  ten 
years,  has  been  succeeded  by  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward H.  Smith  for  the  coming  year.  Any 
woman  who  belongs  to  a  Presbyterian 
Church  may  become  an  associate  member 
on  payment  of  dues  of  $1.00  or  more  per 
year. 

Death  Takes  Four  Members 

The  Woman's  Board  lost  four  valued 
members  by  death  last  year:  Mrs.  Fred- 
erick W.  Crosby,  honorary  member, 
Lake  Forest;  Mrs.  W.  B.  MacPherson, 
Rogers  Park;  Mrs.  L.  Hamilton  McCor- 
mick,  Fourth  Church;  and  Mrs.  Ethan 
Taylor,  LaGrange. 

In  addition  to  the  Cheer  Up  bed  fund 
and  children's  department  described  in 
separate  articles,  activities  participated 
in  by  a  large  number  of"  church  women 
in  the  interest  of  the  hospital  include: 
Tag  Day  in  October,  jelly  and  other 
delicacies  donated  for  patients,  sewing 
and  knitting  for  the  hospital  and  for 
needy  patients,  Thanksgiving  offering, 
hospital  Library  and  Social  Service  de- 
partment. 

35  Churches  Provide  Taggers 

Thirty-five  churches  provided  314  volunteer 
taggers  for  Children's  Benefit  Tag  Day,  in 
October,  according  to  the  report  of  Mrs.  W. 
R.  Tucker,  chairman.  Total  receipts  were 
$1,446.86,  from  which  was  paid  expenses  of 
$55.00,  leaving  net  receipts  of  $1,391.76  to 
help  support  a  social  worker  in  our  children's 
department.  This  worker  does  much  to  pro- 
mote the  welfare  of  child  patients  who  receive 
free  care  in  our  Cheer  Up  beds.  One  of  her 
principal  tasks  is  to  investigate  the  home  situ- 
ation and  assist  parents  in  working  out  their 
problems  so  that  the  greatest  possible  benefit 
will  result  from  the  hospital  care  given  the 
child.  Steps  are  taken  to  improve  unsatisfac- 
tory home  conditions,  see  that  suitable  food 
and  clothing  arc  provided  and  other  needed 
adjustments  made. 

Social  Service  Work 

The  Social  Service  department  is  one  of  the 
principal  projects  of  the  Woman's  Board  and 


AN  EASTER  MEDITATION 

A  Man  upon  a  cross 

Above  an  ancient  city, 

And  two   others  close   beside  Him : 

Three  men  upon  their  crosses  long  ago, 

Their  shadows  fall  across  our  paths; 

Two  thieves,   and  One:   a  God. 

How  came  they  there?    But  even  more, 

How  came  they  here? 


Other  men  have  died  as  hard  a  death, 

But  none  have  been  as  restless  in  their  tombs — 

But,  then,  perhaps,   that's  what  happens 

When  you  hang  your  God  upon  a  tree! 

A  cross,  and  death,  and  tombs, 

Mean  nothing  to  a  God. 

These   two   thousand   years  He  moves  about. 
When  we  are  tired,  or  sore  afraid, 
When   we   are   lonely.    bro\en   hearted 
And  hard  pressed,  it's  here  we  find  Him; 
7<{ot  upon  an  ancient  cross — 
But  here  beside  us! 

— Russell  L.  Dicks 


its  staff  of  medical  social  workers  give  much 
valuable  service  to  both  adult  and  child  pa- 
tients. The  total  number  of  patients  known  to 
this  department  last  year  was  2,040.  Home 
calls  numbered  328  and  office  calls  of  patients 
totaled  6,688.  Articles  donated  by  church 
women  and  other  friends  for  the  use  of  needy 
patients  totaled  2,239.  Mrs.  Mark  Oliver  is 
chairman  of  the  Social  Service  committee. 
Volunteer  workers  gave  a  total  of  716  hours 
of  service  in  the  department. 

Sew   17,666  Articles 

Church  groups  sewed  and  knitted  a  total  of 
17,666  articles  in  1938  for  the  use  of  the  hos- 
pital and  for  distribution  to  needy  patients. 
Two  churches,  Drexel  Park  and  Trinity,  re- 
turned work  every  month  of  the  year.  Three 
churches  turned  in  over  1,000  articles  each, 
Rogers  Park  leading  with  1,828  pieces  of 
sewing.  Mrs.  Anna  St.  Jean  of  Drexel  Park 
Church  returned  more  than  80  garments  made 
by  her  own  hands.  Many  donated  garments 
are  made  over,  and  these,  as  well  as  new 
garments,  are  distributed  by  the  Social  Service 
department,  the  children's  department  of  the 
hospital  and  the  Baby  Clinic  at  Central  Free 
Dispensary.  Mrs.  John  W.  Bingham  is  chair- 
man and  Mrs.  William  B.  Neal  is  vice-chair- 
man of  this  committee. 

Thanksgiving  Offering 

Mrs.  W.  B.  McKeand,  chairman  of  the 
Thanksgiving  offering  committee,  reported  that 
receipts  from  this  year's  offering  totalled 
$668.00,  which  was  somewhat  less  than  in 
1937.  Five  church  groups  sponsored  teas  at 
which   silver  offerings  were  received. 

Offerings  also  were  received  from  several 
groups  that  did  not  hold  teas  and  from  many 
individuals.  Mrs.  Kellogg  Speed,  vice-chairman 
of  the  committee,  assisted  in  arranging  the 
teas,  which  were  in  charge  of  the  various 
church  chairmen. 

Collect   23,000   Soap   Wrappers 

As  has  been  the  custom  for  many  years, 
board  members  saved  American  Family  soap 
wrappers,  which  were  exchanged  for  silver  for 
use  in  the  first  floor  dining  rooms  of  the  hos- 
pital. Coupons  from  Gold  Medal  Products 
were  collected  last  year  also.  Mrs.  Cameron 
Barber,  chairman  of  the  silver  committee,  re- 
ports that  23,000  soap  wrappers  and  3,000 
coupons  have  been  exchanged  for:  16  dozen 
tea  spoons:  5  dozen  dessert  spoons,  2'/2  dozen 
finks;  and   2  dozen  knives. 


STORY  OF  JOAN   TYPICAL 
OF  MANY  WHO  ARE  CARED 
FOR    IN    CHEER    UP    BEDS 



One  of  the  many  children  cared  for  in. 
our  Cheer  Up  beds  the  past  year  wasj 
Joan,  a  little  girl  four  and  a  half  years 
old,  who  came  to  us  in  a  very  serious* 
condition  as  a  result  of  scarlet  fever  fol- 
lowed by  pneumonia  and  an  infection  in  i 
both  ears. 

She  had  been  cared  for  in  the  muni- 
cipal hospital  for  contagious  diseases  and  I 
later  in  another  hospital.  After  hert 
return  home  she  continued  to  lose  weight, 
did  not  care  to  eat,  and  could  not  rest 
properly  because  of  fever  and  cough. 
She  was  admitted  to  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital in  February  (1938)  and  remained 
here  until  August.  Investigation  by  our' 
Social  Service  department  revealed  that 
she  had  been  living  in  one  dark  room 
with  her  mother,  older  sister,  and  baby 
brother.  The  mother  was  not  well  and 
arrangements  were  made  for  her  to  at' 
tend  a  clinic  where  it  was  found  she  had 
ulcers  of  the  stomach.  Diet  management 
was  started  and  arrangements  made  to 
provide  the  mother  with  a  more  bright 
and  cheerful  home. 

When  Joan  was  ready  to  leave  the  hos' 
pital  in  August,  her  own  mother  still  was 
ill  and  arrangements  were  made  to  have 
Joan  go  to  the  home  of  a  boarding 
mother  who  was  skilled  in  the  care  of 
convalescent  children.  Here  she  continued 
to  improve  and  learned  to  do  things  for 
herself.  Late  in  September  she  came  back 
to  hospital  to  have  her  tonsils  removed. 
By  this  time  her  mother  was  well  enough 
to  take  care  of  Joan  and  she  was  returned 
to  her  own  home,  a  happy  and  changed 
little  girl.  The  mother  also  had  become 
an  entirely  different  person.  Joan  entered 
kindergarten  in  February  of  this  year,  a 
normal  happy  youngster.  But  for  the 
Cheer  Up  beds  endowed  by  Presbyterian 
Sunday  School  children,  Joan  could  not 
have  been  given  the  weeks  and  months  of 
hospital  care  which  saved  her  life  and 
brought  back  her  health. 

Not  all  of  our  Cheer  Up  bed  patients 
require  the  prolonged  care  that  was 
needed  by  Joan,  but  many  of  them  must 
remain  with  us  for  a  number  of  weeks. 
Often  these  children  come  to  us  not  only 
suffering  from  some  acute  illness  but  in 
art  under-nourished  condition  which  can 
be  overcome  only  by  weeks  of  good  food 
and  loving  care. 

Mrs.  John  P.  Mcntzer,  chairman  of  the 
delicacies  committee,  reports  donations  of:  11 
jars  of  jam;  11  quarts  of  grape  juice;  119  cans 
of  fruit:  $242.00  for  fresh  fruit;  and  5,660 
glasses  of  jelly.  This  was  a  smaller  amount 
than  was  given  the  previous  year  and  it  is 
hoped  that  donations  will  be  increased  during 
the  present  year. 


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MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL   ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,  111. 


April,    1939 


Vol.  31,  No.  4 


JUNE   12  IS  DATE  SET 

FOR   1939   REUNION 

OF  EXTNTERNS 


Rush  Banquet  Is  on  June   13 


Another  reunion  of  former  Presbyteri- 
an interns  and  residents  is  to  be  held  this 
year  on  June  12  in  connection  with  the 
annual  two-day  clinic  program  for  Rush 

!  Medical  College  Alumni.  Presbyterian 
Hospital  Alumni  members  will  be  guests 
of  the  hospital  at  luncheon  on  Monday, 
June  12,  and  a  reunion  dinner  will  be 
held  that  evening  at  a  downtown  hotel 

i  to  be  announced  later.  The  Rush  Alumni 
dinner  will  take  place  on  Tuesday  night. 

Of  especial  interest  is  the  announce- 
ment that  four  graduates  of  Rush  Medi- 
cal College  who  have  won  distinction  m 
their  respective  fields  are  coming  from  a 
distance  to  take  part  in  the  clinic  pro- 
gram. Three  of  these  served  internships 
in  Presbyterian  Hospital  as  follows : 

Dr.  Russell  Wilder,  now  professor  of 
medicine  in  the  University  of  Minnesota 
Post'Graduate  School  at  the  Mayo  Clinic, 
Rochester;  completed  internship  here  in 
1912  and  was  resident  physician  for 
three  years  following. 

Dr.  Fred  M.  Smith,  professor  and  head 
of  the  department  of  theory  and  practice 
of  medicine,  University  of  Iowa,  Iowa 
City;  intern  1914-16. 

Dr.  George  M.  Curtis,  head  of  the  de- 
partment of  research  surgery,  Ohio  State 
University;  intern  1921 '22. 

The  fourth  distinguished  out-of-town 
i  Rush  graduate  on  the  clinic  program  did 
not  intern  in  Presbyterian  Hospital  but 
will  be  a  welcome  visitor  at  the  reunion. 
jl  He  is  Dr.  Waltman  Walter,  professor  of 
surgery  in  the  University  of  Minnesota 
I  Post-Graduate  School  at  the  Mayo  Clinic. 

Many  other  well-known  former  interns 

are  expected  from  a  distance.   Dr.  George 

I  H.  Coleman  is  president  of  the  Alumni 

Association  formed  a  year  ago,  and  Dr. 

Gatewood  Gatewood  is  president-elect. 


HOSPITAL'S    17,000th    BABY    ARRIVES 


Mrs.  William  f. 
Dickson  and  son, 
Donald  T elf er  Dick- 
son, who  was  the 
17,000th  baby  born 
in  Presbyterian 
Hospital.  This  his- 
toric event  took 
place  at  8:00  P.M. 
on  March  18,  1939. 
As  had  been  an- 
nounced previously, 
the  baby  was  pre- 
sented with  a  $100 
U.  S.  baby  bond, 
the  gift  of  hospital 
officials. 


17,000  th  Baby  Is  Grandson  of  Missionary  ] 

Donald  Telfer  Dickson,  17,000th  baby  born  in  Presbyterian  Hospital,  is  the  first 
son  and  third  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickson,  who  have  two  daughters — Barbara,  age 
5,  and  Deborah,  two  and  a  half.  The  Dicksons  reside  in  Oak  Park.  Mr.  Dickson  is 
head  of  the  employee  relations  department  at  the  Western  Electric  Company. 

On  the  maternal  side,  he  is  a  grandson  of  the  late  Rev.  Frank  W.  Bible,  Presby- 
terian missionary  in  China  for  18  years  and  a  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions in  this  country  from  1923  until  his  death  in  1937.    Mrs.  Bible  makes  her  home 
in  Oak  Park.    Mrs.  Dickson  was  born  in  China. 
In  addition  to  the  17,000  babies  who 


had  begun  life  under  the  hospital  roof 
up  to  March  19,  1939,  20,261  had  been 
born  in  homes  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Out -Patient  Department  maintained 
jointly  by  the  hospital,  Central  Free  Dis- 
pensary and  Rush  Medical  College — a 
grand  total  of  37,261  babies  assisted 
into  the  world  by  Presbyterian  Hospital! 

That  life  begins  safely  in  the  hospital 


and  in  homes  served  by  the  out-obstetrical 
staff  is  proven  by  the  fact  that  in  the 
last  6,071  live  births  prior  to  March  19 
in  both  hospital  and  homes,  only  five 
maternal  deaths  occurred — a  rate  of  less 
than  one  per  1,000  live  births  as  com- 
pared to  the  Chicago  rate  of  2.7  per 
1,000  in  193S  and  the  national  rate  of 
J.8  per  1,000  in  1935  (the  latest  national 
statistics  available). 


QUAD  GROUP,  35  SISTER 

TWOSOMES  RECEIVE 

TRAINING   HERE 


Mothers    and    Daughters,    Too 

In  connection  with  the  report  of  recent 
capping  exercises  of  the  School  of  Nurs- 
ing at  which  four  preliminary  students 
received  their  nurses'  caps  from  sisters 
who  are  graduates  or  upper  classmen  m 
the  school,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that 
3?  sister  twosomes  and  one  group  of  four 
sisters  are  among  the  alumnae  and  present 
student  body. 

The  "Quads"  were  "Quints"  for  a 
short  time  hut  romance  lured  Alice 
Melges  (1940)  away  to  become  a  bride 
recently.  Helen  Melges,  now  Mrs.  Doehr- 
ing,  graduated  in  1926;  Esther  Melges 
and  Grace  Melges  Scott  graduated  in 
1929,  and  Lois  Melges  expects  to  gradu- 
ate in   1940. 

Dr.  O.  W.  Tulisalo,  father  of  La.la 
who  is  shown  in  the  picture  with  her 
mother,  is  on  the  resident  staff  of  the 
hospital  for  special  study  at  present  after 
having  successfully  practiced  general 
medicine  in  Rockford,  111.  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  completed  an  internship 
here  in   1918. 

Other    Mothers   and    Daughters 

Helen  Dunlap,  daughter  of  the  late 
Clemence  Lucken  Dunlap  (1916)  is  in 
the  new  class  that  entered  this  month. 
Maude  Langston  Metcalf  (1907)  has 
given  two  daughters  to  the  school  and 
the    nursing    profession — Sarah    Metcalf 

(1932)  and  Mary  Ann  Metcalf  Ham- 
merstrom      (1935).        Jean     Mackenzie 

(1935)  now  Mrs.  Nason,  is  a  daughter 
of  Rachel  Blanchard  Mackenzie,  member 
of  the  first  class  graduated  by  the  school 
in    1906. 

Two  of  the  new  students  entering  this 
month  are  sisters  of  alumnae — Mary  Jane 
Dcuth,  sister  of  Marjorie  Deuth  Stewart 

(1933)  and  Ruth  Hassinen,  sister  of 
Dorothy  Hassinen  (1933).  Alice  Mc 
Kelvey  who  received  her  cap  at  recent 
exercises  is  a  sister  of  Evelyn  McKelvey 
(1931).  In  addition  to  these  and  those 
shown  in  the  picture  on  page  3,  the  fol- 
lowing sister  twosomes  are  listed  as 
alumnae: 

Edith  Bronson  Jones  (1907)  and  Flora   Bran- 
son Ferguson   (1919) 
Blanch  Titus  Phelps  (1910)  and  Ha*e]  Titus 

Ghoreyeb  (191 T) 
Minnie  Chisholm   Briggs  and   Nell   Chisholm 

McCreery  (both   1916) 
Edna  Braun    (1916)   and  Ruth   Braun   Franz 

(1921) 
Sarah    Hibbert    Kirman    (1911)*    and    Ruth 

Hibbert  Knoble   (1917 
Edith    Ferris    DcBarry    (1909)    and    Gcraldinc 

Ferris  Fulton  (1918) 
Winnifred  Gasteyer  Creevy  (1918)  and  Rett., 

Gastcycr  (1922) 


ACCEPTS   NEW    POSITION 

Miss  Frances  Seegmiller,  graduate  of 
the  School  of  Nursing  and  a  member 
of  the  faculty  for  several  years,  resigned 
early  this  year  to  accept  a  position  at 
Iowa  Methodist  Hospital  in  Des  Moines. 
The  April  issue  of  the  Iowa  Methodist 
Hospitals  News  contains  a  picture  of 
Miss  Seegmiller  together  with  the  follow- 
ing announcement: 

"Miss  Frances  Seegmiller,  graduate  of  the 
School  of  Nursing  of  Presbyterian  Hospital  of 
Chicago,  joined  us  on  February  1  as  assistant 
superintendent  of  nurses.  Miss  Seegmiller's 
home  is  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  She 
came  to  us  direct  from  Presbyterian  Hospital 
where  she  was  medical  floor  supervisor.  Iowa 
Methodist  Hospital  feels  itself  fortunate  to 
secure  the  services  of  one  of  such  valuable 
experience  and  from  an  institution  of  such 
high  standing  in  the  hospital  world." 

Mrs.  Madelon  Reeves  was  appointed  to 

fill  the  vacancy  at  Presbyterian. 


3n  iflpmortaut 


Twelve  different  states  are  represented 
in  the  spring  class  of  40  students  which 
entered  the  School  of  Nursing  this  month. 
Registrations  are  now  being  received  for 
the  September  class.  The  spring  clas:. 
brings  the  school  enrollment  up  to  172. 


Jessie   and   Mum   Levanger   (both    1918) 
Mary      Dalrymplc     Huffmgton      (1918)      and 

Henrietta  Dalrymple   Wood    (1919) 
Mable  Render  Sutherland    (1919)    and  Idella 

Render  Christy   (1921)* 
Carmen     fernquist     Molenkopf     (1920)     and 

Norma  Jcrnquist  Anderson   (1923) 
Edna    Burgess    (1914)    and    Dorothy    Burgess 

(1921) 
Ruth    Gasmann     (1921)    and    Ella    Gasmann 

Curry    (1922) 
Fcnna    Van    Vcssem    Ten    Have    (1922)    and 

Gertrude  Van  Vessem  (1932) 
Colette  Zoller  Patterson   (1922)   and  Frances 

Zoller   (1927) 
Ha;el   and   Margaret  Altman    (both    192?) 
Florence      Carlson      Holmquist      (1918)      and 

Frances  Carlson  Sproul   (192?) 
Dorothea    Ellikcr    (1924)    and    Erna    Ellikcr 

Edwards   ( 192?) 
Freda     Damerow    Axtcll     (1926)     and     Edna 

Damerow   (1927) 
Ida  M.  Gifford  Windaw  and  Nella  M.  Gilford 

Perman  (both  1929) 
Ellen    Louise   McCumbcr    (1931)    and    Anna- 
bet  h  McCumber  Brooks  (1932) 
Ruth   and    Violet   Wilson    (both    1932) 
Vortex     Walker    Bouma     (1925)     and     Esther 

Walker    (1933) 
Bertha    Gaecklc    (1928)     and    Edith    Gaecklc 

(1932) 
Doris  Helbing    (1931)    and   Margaret  Hclbing 

Joy  (1932 
Ethel   Owen    Castrodalc    and    Lois   Owen    Lee- 
son    (both    1933) 
Ruth    Tombaugh    Kuhn    (1933)    and    Hazel 

Tombaugh   Wallace    (1934) 
Ethlecn     Goodbrake     and     Vivian     Goodhrake 

Rushton   (both   1934) 
^Deceased 

lid.  Hole  ■  If  any  sister  twosomes  have  been 
omitted,  it  was  unintentional  and  the 
editor  should   be   notified. 


Edward   Tyler   Blair 
1857-1939 

Edward  Tyler  Blair,  a  pioneer  resident 
of  Chicago,  and  former  member  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital, died  January  18,  1939  at  his  home, 
1516  Lake  Shore  Drive.  He  was  81  years 
old.  Mr.  Blair  was  the  son  of  William 
Blair,  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  and  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  from  1883  to 
1899.  The  Blair  home  in  which  Edward 
T.  Blair  was  born  m  1857  was  located  I 
on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Congress 
Hotel. 

Mr.  Blair  spent  his  entire  life  in  Chicago. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale  Univensty  in 
1879,  returning  here  to  become  a  member  of 
William  Blair  &  Co.,  a  hardware  company 
established  by  his  father  in  1842.  The  compa- 
ny was  sold  in  1888,  both  father  and  son 
retiring  from  business.  In  later  years  Mr.  Blair 
became  known  as  an  authority  on  history, 
publishing  a  number  of  books,  including  sev- 
eral brochures  on  Chicago. 

In  188  2  Mr.  Blair  married  Miss  Ruby  Mc- 
Cormick,  daughter  of  William  Sanderson  Mc 
Cormick  and  Mary  Ann  Grigsby  McCormick. 
Mrs.  Blair  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Woman's  Board  of  Presbyterian  Hospital  for 
a  number  of  years  and  founder  of  the  Contri- 
butors' Fund.     She   died   some  years   ago. 

Edward  T.  Blair  was  a  member  of  the  hos- 
pital Board  of  Managers  from  1897  to  1906. 
In  1898  he  and  his  father  presented  the  hospi- 
tal with  its  first  "X-ray  outfit,"  as  it  was  then 
called.  This  gift  made  it  possible  for  Presby- 
terian Hospital  to  offer  to  its  patients  the 
benefits  of  X-ray  within  three  years  after 
Roentgen's  discovery.  Ours  was  the  second 
hospital  in  Chicago  to  be  provided  with  X-ray 
equipment.  Mr.  Blair  and  his  mother  later 
endowed  a  room  in  memory  of  his  father, 
William    Blair. 

Surviving  Mr.  Blair  arc  two  daughters,  Miss 
Edith  Blair  of  Paris,  and  Mrs.  Howard  Linn 
of  Chicago:  two  sons,  William  McCormick 
Blair  and  Seymour  Blair  of  Chicago:  and  three 
grandsons,  Edward  McCormick  Blair,  William 
McCormick  Blair,  Jr.,  and  Bowen  Blair,  all 
sons  of  William  McCormick  Blair. 

Mrs.   H.   B.  Stehman 

Friends  in  Chicago  have  received  word 
of  the  recent  death  in  Pasadena,  Calif,  of 
Mrs.  H.  B.  Stehman,  widow  of  Dr.  Henry 
B.  Stehman,  superintendent  of  Presbyte- 
rian Hospital  from  1885  to  1900.  It  was 
under  the  wise  direction  of  Dr.  Stehman 
that  the  Hospital  which  had  been  opened 
to  patients  in  1884,  became  firmly  estab- 
lished and  the  building  greatly  enlarged. 


ENTERTAIN  PATIENTS 

Mr.  George  McHardy,  tenor,  and  Miss  Betty 
Lund,  reader,  gave  an  entertaining  program  in 
the  hospital  chapel  on  Saturday  afternoon, 
Mar.  2  5.  The  program  was  one  of  a  series  for 
convalescent  patients  and  visitors,  arranged  by 
Mrs.  Clement  L.  Pollock,  chairman  of  thc 
entertainmenl  committee  of  the  Woman's 
Board. 


Sisters  Cap  Sisters  at  School  of  ^lSursing  Exercises 


,  f    ,  . 

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SECOND   DIVISION    OF   '41 

CLASS  CAPPED  ON  MAR.  24 


Mrs.  Ernest  E.  Irons,  president  of  the 
Woman's  Board  of  the  hospital,  and 
former  member  of  School  of  Nursing 
faculty,  was  the  speaker  at  the  capping 
exercises  held  on  Mar.  24.  Miss  Mary 
Pierce  sang  the  "Capping  Song."  Miss 
Lois  Geerds  (1938)  was  at  the  piano  for 
the  processional  and  recessional  songs. 
Miss  May  L.  Russell,  acting  director  of 
the  school,  accepted  the  preliminary  class 
and  conducted  the  ceremonies  in  which 
paps  were  presented  and  candles  lighted 
by  upper  classmen. 

In  her  address,  Mrs.  Irons  pointed  out  the 
strides  that  have  been  made  in  nursing  educa- 
tion  and  nursing  technique  since  she  gradu- 
ated from  Lakeside  Hospital  School  of  Cleve- 
land  (now  the  Frances  Payne  Bolton  School 
of  Western  Research  University)  and  shortly 
afterward,  in  1904,  became  a  head  nurse  in 
Presbyterian  hospital  and  instructor  in  the 
school. 

Received  Nurses'   Caps 

Students  who  received  caps  at  this  service 
were : 

Catherine  Adams,  Chicago,  111. 
Mary  Allfree,  Wilmette,  111. 
Rosemary  Andresen,  Hixton,  Wis. 
Bertha  Beetham,  Lancaster,   Wis. 
Shirley  Borchardt,  Chicago,  111. 
Emily  Corboy,  Hoopeston,  111. 
Arline   Creeger.  Luverne,  Minn. 
Lillian  Goldie  Decker,  Hoopeston,  111 
Beth  Dexheimer,  Spencer,  S.   Dak. 
Isabelle  Ditton,  Earl  Park,   Ind. 
Heggie  Erickson,  Woodhull,  111. 


Included  in  the  1941  class  of  77  students 
who  were  "capped"  at  recent  exercises  of  the 
School  of  Nursing  were  four  students  who 
received  their  nurses'  caps  from  older  sisters 
who  are  either  recent  graduates  or  upper 
classmen.  In  the  picture  with  the  group  of 
sister  twosomes  is  a  mother  graduate  present 
to  see  her  daughter  capped  although  she  did 
not  do  the  honors  herself  in  the  exercises. 

Front  row,  left  to  right  —  Jane  Schmidt, 
Eleanor  W uerding,  Laila  Tulisalo,  Bonnie 
Jean  Cruickshank,  and  Eva  Marie  Simolin 
(all  in  class  of  1941). 

Back  row,  left  to  right  —  Dixie  Schmidt 
(1937),  Georgia  Wuerding  (1940),  Mrs.  O. 
W.  Tulisalo  (Doris  Patterson,  1917),  Bar- 
bara Cruickshank  (1939),  and  Vianna 
Simolin   (1938). 

Dorothea  Ernest,  Hammond,  Ind. 
Daphne  Gretzinger,  Kend'allville,  Ind. 
Lucile   George,  Monticello,  la. 
Marian  Helming,  Waukon,  la. 
Jean  Hoge,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 
Elizabeth  Holmgren,  Ames,  la. 
Natalie  Iddings,  Kendallvillc,  Ind. 
Pearl  Jamison,  Seymour,  la. 
Jayn   Kassner,  Winnetka,  111. 
Mildred  Legveld,  Northfield,  Minn. 
Eleanor  Miller,   Kokomo,  Ind. 
Kathleen  Phillips,  Northfield,  Minn. 
Helen  Quick,  Williamsfield,  111. 
Eleanor  Rust,  Chicago,  111. 
Thflma  Rozean,  La  Porte,  Ind. 
Eva  Simolin,  Eveleth,  Minn. 
Jean  Smith,  Rockford,  111. 
Delmara  Sollis,    Chariton,  la. 
Genevieve  Staskey,  Chicago,  111 
Laila  Tulisalo,  Chicago,  111. 
Maribel  Weckerly,  Delphi,  Ind 
Ruth  Wylder,  Morrison,  111. 
Tane  Schmidt,  Cissna  Park,  111. 
Eleanor  Weurding,  Morrison,   111 
Gwendolyn  Killelea,  Highland  Park,  111. 
Kathryn  Meyer,  Lake  Linden,  Mich. 


NURSES'  INSTITUTE  HEARS 
ADDRESSES  BY  STAFF  MEN; 
TEA  HELD  AT  SPRAGUE  HOME 


Members  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital 
Medical  Staff  and  School  of  Nursing 
faculty  and  nursing  staff  who  took  part 
m  the  program  of  the  recent  institute  for 
nurses  held  m  West  Side  Medical  Center 
institutions  included:  Dr.  Edwin  M. 
Miller,  Dr.  Adnen  Verbrugghen,  Dr.  J. 
M.  Dorsey,  Dr.  Carl  Apfelbach,  Dr. 
Evans  Pernokis,  Dr.  R.  L.  Kesler,  Miss 
May  L.  Russell,  Miss  Astrid  Lund  and 
Miss  Louise  Morley.  The  two-day  insti- 
tute which  had  an  aggregate  attendance 
of  1,800  nurses  was  sponsored  by  the  pri- 
vate duty  section  of  the  First  District 
Illinois  State  Nurses'  Association. 

Three  hundred  institute  visitors  were  guests 
of  private  duty  nurses  of  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal at  a  delightful  tea  held  in  Sprague  Home 
auditorium  Friday  afternoon,  Mar.    31. 


HOUSE  STAFF  CHANGES 

Interns  who  have  completed  their  serv- 
ices since  January  1  are:  Dr.  Josephine 
Chapin,  Dr.  Carl  W.  Olander,  Dr. 
Fred  Jensen  and  Dr.  E.  S.  Burge.  Dr. 
Alfred  G.  Schult;  has  completed  his 
period  of  service  as  resident  in  ophthal 
mology. 

New  interns  arc:  Dr.  Harriette  Hunter, 
Dr.  Richard  P.  Morns,  Dr.  John  Henry 
Rosenow,  Dr.  Yerv.mt  Kasabach  and  Dr, 
J.  T.  Armstrong. 


Alumnae  Play  at  Chicago  Woman's  Club  Theatre 
on  May  1  and  2  Is  Benefit  for  Mary  Byrne  Fund 

Seven  nurses  and  five  interns  will  take  part  in  a  benefit  play  to  he  given  at  the 
Chicago  Woman's  Club  theatre,  May  1  and  2  at  8:15  P.M.  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Alumnae  Association  of  the  School  of  Nursing.  Proceeds  will  be  added  to  the 
Mary  Byrne  Fund,  which  is  the  Alumnae  plan  to  provide  hospital  care  for  members 
who  join  the  Fund.  Thus  far  the  income  from  the  endowment  and  the  fees  paid  by 
members  have  not  been  sufficient  to  meet  the  cost  of  care  provided,  hence,  it  is  neces- 
sary to  raise  additional  funds  for  this  purpose. 

The  play  selected  is  a  three-act  farce  "Wedding  Spells"  and  Mr.  Tom  Hargis,  an 
experienced  director,  is  coaching  the  cast, 


made  up  as  follows: 

Billie,   a   mysterious   girl,   Hila   Richards 

Reeves,  a  gentleman's  gentleman.  Dr.  G. 
Kaufmann 

Steve  Alien,  an  adventurer,  Dr.  Ralph 
Hibbs 

Charlie  Cooney,  his  occasional  friend.  Dr. 
E.  L.  Smith 

Mrs.  Julia  Pettingill,  a  widow,  Esther  Bach- 


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Ange 
Stidd 

Frances  Brown,  another  charming  girl,  Jane 
Clark   (Virginia  Davis,  second  performance) 

Niki  Murphy,  another  one,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Kesler 

Ruth  Auburn,  another  one,  Mildred 
Schlekau 

Blake,  a  cop,  Dr.  Michael  O'Heeron 

Sigsbee  Sullivan,  from  Alabama,  Dr.  C.  B. 
Davis,  Jr. 

Mrs.  Gay,  a  fretful  mother,  Kathryn 
Froscher 

Dr.  Frank  W.  VanKirk,  Jr.  is  stage  man- 
ager and  Mrs.  Marcella  Kurtz  is  chairman  of 
the  committee  in  charge  of  arrangements, 
other  members  being:  Gertrude  McCord, 
Maxine  McCormick,  Esther  Bachman,  Kathryn 
Troscher,  Alma  May  Stewart,  May  Dunlap 
and  Florence  Ames  Coon. 

Tickets  at  75c  each  may  be  obtained  from 
any  member  of  the  committee  or  at  the  nurses' 
office  on  the  first  floor  of  the  hospital.  Plays 
given  in  the  past  by  the  Alumnae  Association 
have  met  with  the  approval  of  large  audiences 
and  this  year's  production  promises  to  outdo 
past  performances. 


MEDICAL  STAFF  NEWS 

Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis  addressed  the  March 
meeting  of  the  Du  Page  County  Medical 
Society  at  Hinsdale  on  the  topic,  "Differential 
Diagnosis  and  Treatment  of  Peripheral  Dis- 
ease of  the  Extremities." 


Dr.  W.  O.  Thompson  presented  a  paper 
before  the  Toledo  (Ohio)  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, March  10,  on  "Recent  Therapeutic 
Advances  in   Endocrinology." 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Ophthal- 
mological  Society,  Mar.  20,  Dr.  Bertha  Klicn 
gave   a    paper   on    "Concerning    the    Dictyoma 


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At  the  meeting  of  the  Will-Grundv  County 
Medical  Society  in  Jolict,  Mar.  24,  Di  I  C 
Gatewood  spoke  on  "Jaundice-  Its  Causation 
and  Clinical  Study."    ' 


PAPER  BY  DR.  R.  F.  HEDIN 
WINS  1939  ANNUAL  AWARD 
OF  CHICAGO  SURG.  SOCIETY 


The  Committee  on  Awardment  of  the 
Annual  Prise  of  the  Chicago  Surgical 
Society  has  announced  this  year's  prise 
winner  is  Dr.  Raymond  F.  Hedm  of  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  resident  staff,  who 
submitted  a  paper  on  "Polypoid  Disease 
of  the  Colon — Two  Proposed  Surgical 
Procedures,  including  the  Description  of 
a  Colonoscope."  The  committee  was 
composed  of  Dr.  Charles  E.  Kalke,  Dr. 
Lester  R.  Dragstreet  and  Dr.  Kellogg 
Speed.  Seven  papers  were  submitted. 
Judgment  was  based  on  originality,  clini- 
cal and  surgical  value  of  the  thesis, 
throughness  of  investigation,  arrangement 
of  the  paper  as  a  whole,  perspective,  and 
balance  shown  by  the  author  in  his  ana- 
lysis and  deductions.  The  judges  did  not 
know  the  names  of  the  authors  until  after 
their  decision  was  announced.  Their  com- 
ment concerning  Paper  No.  5  (by  Dr. 
Hedm)  was  as  follows: 

"This  paper  is  well  written  and  pre- 
sents an  excellent  survey  of  literature. 
In  addition,  a  new  instrument  has  been 
devised  for  examining  the  reaches  of  the 
colon  and  for  the  fulguration  of  polyps  in 
the  entire  colon.  It  presents  an  original 
contribution  of  what  seems  to  be  of 
definite  clinical  value.  The  author  has 
not  allowed  his  enthusiasm  over  his  theme 
to  blind  him  to  the  potential  dangers 
incident  to  use  of  his  colonoscope." 


Dr.  Robert  Herbst  was  the  guest  speaker 
on  urology  at  the  annual  spring  meeting  of 
the  Dallas  Southern  Clinical  Society,  in 
Dallas,  Texas,  Mar.    13-17. 


Dr.  Gatewood  aldressed  the  boys  of  t 
Highland  Park  high  school  in  February  on  " 
Surgeon  Looks  at  His  Ancestors." 

On     Mar.     30,     Dr.     Gatewood     spoke     < 
"Lesions   of   the    Small    Intestine    Exclusive 
Carcinoma."  before  the  Central  District  Mc< 
cal  Association    at   Rock   Island,    111. 


Dr.  Willard  L.  Wood  spoke  from  WJJD, 
Mar.  7,  on  "Rheumatism."  Dr.  E.  W.  Hagens 
gave  a  talk  on  WAAF,  Mar.  31,  on  "Severe 
Deafness  in  Childhood." 

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the  Educational  Committee  of  the  Illinois  State 
Medical  Society. 


ANNUAL  BENEFIT  BRIDGE 
PARTY   WILL   BE   HELD   AT 
SPRAGUE  HOME  ON  MAY  1 


On  May  1  from  2  :00  to  5  :00  P.M.  in 
Sprague  Home  auditorium  will  take  place 
the  annual  benefit  bridge  party  sponsored 
by  the  School  of  Nursing  committee  of 
the  Woman's  Board.  Proceeds  will  be 
used  to  provide  scholarships,  library  books 
and  a  music  director  for  the  school. 
Music  will  be  furnished  by  the  student 
chorus  and  tea  will  be  served  at  four 
o'clock.  Mrs.  Alva  A.  Knight  is  chair- 
man and  Mrs.  Edwin  M.  Miller,  vice- 
chairman  of  the  committee. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF   THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 
Telephone:   Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS  Secretary 

FRED   S.   BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.     John     Timothy 
John  B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.  Forgan,  Jr.  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albert  D.   Farwell  J.   Hall   Taylor 

Alfred  E.   Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles  H.   Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.    Harrison    Ray    Anderson,    D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.   W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 
VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D. President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,  B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST     E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director    Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL Dean   and    Acting    Director 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital. 


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v  trie  City  cy  Gkicago' 

BULLETIN 

MEMBER    AMERICAN    HOSPITAL   ASSOCIATION 


l  Chicago,  111. 


May,   1939 


Vol.   31,  No.   5 


FALLS  AND  AUTOS  LEAD  AS  CAUSES  OF  INJURIES 


Hospital    Emergency    Department 

Always   Ready  to  Treat 

Accident  Victims 


When  a  person  who  has  been  injured 
in  any  way  comes  or  is  brought  to  the 
emergency  department  of  Presbyterian 
Hospital,  he  or  she  is  seen  promptly  by 

j  a  resident  surgeon,  who  makes  a  prelimi- 
nary examination   and   administers  such 

:  first  aid  as  may  be  needed.  Many  of 
these  injured  persons  do  not  require  hos- 
pitalization because  of  the  minor  nature 
of  their  injuries.    In  all  cases  of  serious 

:  injury  every  facility  of  the  hospital  is 
available  without  delay  and  regardless  of 

:  financial  considerations.  Attending  sur- 
geons are  on  call  whenever  needed,  day 
or  night. 

Injuries   resulting   from    falls  brought 

imore  persons  to  Presbyterian  Hospital 
for  emergency  treatment  last  year  than 

^any  other  one  type  of  accident.  Auto- 
mobile   accidents   were    a    close   second. 

'■  Twenty-nine  percent  of  the  accident 
cases  treated  in  the  hospital  emergency 
room  were  the  result  of  falls,  while  23.2 

•were  the  result  of  automobile  accidents. 
Fractures  were  the  most  frequent  type  of 
injury  caused  by  both  falls  and  traffic 
accidents,  with  cuts,  bruises,  sprains  and 
shock  among  the  other  injuries  resulting 
from  these  accidents.  In  many  instances 
the  same  patient  was  suffering  from  two 
or  more  different  kinds  of  injuries.  This 
often  is  true  in  cases  of  persons  injured  in 
automobile  accidents. 

The  miracle  accident  of  the  year  was 
that  in  which  a  two-year  old  child  fell 
out  of  a  fourth-story  window  onto  a 
paved  areaway.  The  child  was  hurried 
to  the  hospital,  where  it  was  found  that 
no  bones  had  been  broken  and  no  injury 
sustained  aside  from  shock.  After  being 
<kept  under  observation  in  the  hospital 
until  all  possibility  of  concussion  was 
past,  the  youngster  was  discharged 
(Continued  on  Page  2,  Col.  1) 


Splints    of    Every    Kind    Available    Here 

In  the  above  picture  are  shown  only  a  few  of  the  106  different  kinds  of  splints  kept  on 
hand  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  splint  room.  At  the  left  and  back  of  the  table  on  which 
the  splints  are  displayed,  some  of  the  frames  and  other  accessories  for  fracture  beds  are 
pictured.  Splints  kept  on  hand  include  49  types  for  upper  extremities,  46  for  lower  extremi- 
ties, and  11  splints  and  other  apparatus  for  fractures  of  the  vertebrae.  There  are  76  different 
accessories  for  fracture  beds.  Mr.  Didace  AuCoin,  shown  at  the  right,  has  had  charge  of  our 
splint  room  for  six  years,  and  has  invented  many  devices  which  facilitate  the  convenience  and 
usefulness  of  fracture  apparatus.  Mr.  AuCoin  also  is  responsible  for  keeping  all  anesthetic  gas 
equipment  in  the  hospital  in  good  order.    He  has  been  employed  in  the  hospital  19  years. 


Interest  Mounts  in  1939  Reunion  of  Ex-Interns 

Interest  in  the  1939  reunion  of  former  Presbyterian  Hospital  interns  and  resident 
doctors  is  mounting  higher  each  day.  Present  indications  are  that  on  June  12,  the 
hospital  will  be  the  scene  of  a  foregathering  of  medical  men  and  women  from  all 
parts  of  the  country. 

The  reunion  is  part  of  a  two-day  program  which  includes  Rush  Alumni  clinics 
on  both  days,  interns'  reunion  luncheon  in  the  hospital  Monday,  June  12,  at  1:00, 
reunion  dinner  with  an  hilarious  program  at  the  Knickerbocker  Hotel  at  6:30,  Monday 
night;  and  the  Rush  Alumni  banquet  at  the  Palmer  House  at  6:30,  Tuesday  night. 

Four  distinguished  graduates  of  Rush  Medical  College  are  to  take  part  m  the 
clinic  program.  Of  these,  three  are  former  Presbyterian  interns — Dr.  Russell  Wilder 
of  the  Mayo  Foundation;  Dr.  Fred  M.  Smith,  Iowa  State  University  College  of 
Medicine;  and  Dr.  George  M.  Curtis,  Ohio  State  University  College  of  Medicine. 
Dr.  Waltman  Walters  of  the  Mayo  Foundation  is  the  other  out-of-town  Rush  grad- 
uate on  the  clinic  program. 


CAUSES   OF    INJURIES 

(Continued  from  Page  1,  Col.  1) 
practically  as  good  as  new.  Another  two- 
year-old  managed  to  escape  with  only  a 
cut  on  the  forehead  when  he  fell  down- 
stairs. But  a  20-month-old  baby  frac- 
tured an  elbow  in  a  fall  from  a  chair  to 
the  floor,  and  a  four-year-old  suffered 
a  skull  fracture  in  a  fall  down  cement 
steps. 

Burns  and  scalds  take  much  toll  among 
young  children.  One  small  patient  stepped 
into  a  pan  of  boiling  water  and  burned  a 
foot  and  ankle  badly.  Another  upset  a  stew- 
pan  of  hot  tomatoes,  sustaining  severe  burns, 
and  one  little  girl  was  in  the  hospital  many 
weeks  because  she  got  too  close  to  a  bonfire. 
One  adult  patient  was  burned  badly  in  a 
water  heater  explosion,  and  two  were  burned 
while  lighting  gas  ovens.  Several  patients 
were  cut  while  opening  bottles  or  using  knives 
for  ordinary  purposes.  One  patient  stepped 
on  a  nail  and  another  ran  a  nail  through  his 
hand.  One  man  cut  his  hand  while  putting 
glass  in  a  door. 

Many  Things  Cause  Falls 

All  sorts  of  things  cause  people  to  fall. 
It's  a  good  idea  to  keep  your  shoe  laces  tied, 
especially  if  you  want  to  do  some  sprinting. 
If  you  don't  believe  it,  ask  the  man  who 
tripped  on  a  shoe  lace  while  running  across 
the  street,  fell  and  sprained  an  arm.  A  cat 
was  another  patient's  Waterloo.  He  fell  over 
the  animal  and  broke  his  arm. 

"Watch  your  step"  is  more  than  a  trite 
admonition  which  "L"  guards  and  street  car 
conductors  repeat  routinely.  It  is  a  rule 
which  all  of  us  ought  to  observe  everywhere 
at  all  times,  if  accident  records  of  hospitals 
are  any  criterion.  Tripping  over  articles  on 
floors  and  stairs,  slipping  on  ice,  on  highly 
polished  floors,  or  on  loose  rugs  are  frequent 
causes  of  falls.  Hurry  and  carelessness  in  go- 
ing up  and  down  stairs  result  in  many  dis- 
abling injuries.  People  also  fall  from  chairs 
and  boxes  used  as  substitutes  for  stepladders, 
and  a  fall  from  a  rickety  stepladder  is  not 
unusual. 

Pedestrians  Are -Careless 

Pedestrians  struck  by  automobiles  while 
crossing  the  street  are  brought  into  our  emer- 
gency room  frequently.  Sometimes  the  in- 
juries are  slight;  often  they  are  extensive  and 
serious.  Each  such  accident  is  a  warning  to 
the  rest  of  us  to  be  more  careful  when  cross- 
ing the  street,  even  if  we  have  to  lose  several 
minutes  waiting  until  the  way  is  clear.  Recent 
studies  of  the  National  Safety  Council  in  28 
states  showed  that  at  least  two-thirds  of  the 
pedestrians  involved  in  fatal  motor  vehicle 
accidents  were  committing  a  traffic  violation 
or   engaged   in    some   obviously   unsafe  act. 

Hopping  rides  on  automobiles  and  trucks, 
and  automobile-bicycle  collisions  were  among 
the  other  causes  of  injuries  which  brought 
patients   to  our  hospital   emergency   room. 

Must  Report  to   Police 

Hospitals  arc  required  to  furnish  to  the 
Police  Department,  within  twelve  hours  after 
admission,  reports  concerning  every  patient 
suffering  from  severe  injury  of  any  kind.  II 
an  injured  person  dies  as  the  result  ol  an 
accident,  a  report  must  be  sent  to  the  coroner 
promptly.  Aside  from  the  brief  data  required 
in  such  reports,  no  information  is  given  out 
by  the  hospital  except  as  authorized  by  the 
patient  or  members  of  the  family.  Repre- 
sentatives ol  insurance  companies  are  not 
permitted  to  examine  the  hospital  records 
without  the  written  permission  of  the  patient 
hi  In-  ,ii  i  i  edited  representative  and  the  attend- 
ing doctor. 


AUTO    ACCIDENTS    CAUSE 

LARGE   NUMBER    OF 

HEAD    INJURIES 

Careful    Treatment    is    Essential 


An  accident  victim,  who  has  been  un- 
conscious or  dazed  for  even  a  short  time 
should  be  suspected  of  having  a  brain 
injury  or  concussion,  according  to  Dr. 
Adrien  Verbrugghen,  neuro-surgeon  on 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital  Medical  Staff. 
Transportation  should  be  delayed,  no 
stimulants  given,  and  the  injured  person 
kept  as  warm  and  comfortable  as  possi- 
ble while  lying  m  a  horizontal  position 
until  the  arrival  of  the  doctor  or  ambu- 
lance. 

Head  injuries  are  greatly  on  the  in- 
crease, largely  due  to  automobile  acci- 
dents, but  in  recent  years  advances  in 
neuro-surgery  have  reduced  considerably 
the  mortality  rate  from  such  injuries. 
Careful  observation  of  the  patient  from 
the  time  he  is  injured  and  conservative 
management  as  regards  operative  proce- 
dures are  credited  with  helping  to  lessen 
the  mortality  rate. 

A  fractured  skull  does  not  always  involve  a 
brain  injury  and,  on  the  other  hand,  serious 
damage  may  be  done  to  the  brain  without 
fracturing  the  skull.  Cases  in  which  the  skull 
is  depressed  into  the  brain  usually  have  to  be 
operated  at  once. 

Even  in  the  most  trivial  cases  of  head  in- 
jury, the  patient  must  be  carefully  observed 
from  hour  to  hour,  as  his  condition  changes 
rapidly,  and  the  significance  of  each  change 
must  be  carefully  weighed.  Because  after- 
effects of  head  injuries  sometimes  prove  serious 
it  is  now  felt  that  patients  having  even  minor 
degrees  of  such  injuries  should  be  kept  in  bed 
for  three  weeks  or  longer. 


1938    ACCIDENT    TOLL    IN 
U.  S.  WAS  95,000  LIVES 

AND   9,200,000    INJURED 


Preliminary  statistics  compiled  by  the  ! 
National  Safety  Council  indicate  that  j 
95,000  persons  were  killed  and  9,200,000 
persons  were  injured  in  accidents  during 
1938.  The  total  economic  loss  is  estimated 
at  $3,200,000,000.  Huge  as  was  the  1938 
accident  toll,  it  was  the  lowest  recorded 
since  193  3  and  a  10  percent  improve- 
ment over  1937. 

Of  the  95,000  accidental  deaths,  32,000 
were  caused  by  motor  vehicles,  which  also 
were  responsible  for  injuries  to  1,100,000  per- 
sons. On  the  basis  of  studies  made  in  several  1 
cities  it  is  estimated  that  19  percent,  or  209,- 
000  of  those  injured  by  motor  vehicles  re- 
quired  hospitalization,  charges  for  which 
amounted  to  at  least  $20,000,000.  Studies  ■! 
also  have  revealed  that  hospitals  average  col- 
lecting only  50  percent  of  charges  incurred  by 
auto  accident  patients.  In  addition,  hospitals 
gave  free  first  aid  care  to  many  thousands 
whose  injuries  did  not  require  hospitalization. 
Medical  service  given  to  both  out-  and  in- 
patients, who  failed  to  pay  the  fees  of  attend- 
ing physicians  and  surgeons,  probably  equalled 
or  exceeded  the  total  amount  of  unpaid  hos- 
pital bills. 

To  the  millions  of  dollars  of  unpaid 
charges  for  care  of  auto  accident  patients, 
doctors  and  hospitals  of  the  United  States 
were  called  upon  to  take  care  of  thousands  of 
persons  injured  in  other  types  of  accidents, 
many  of  whom  lacked  means  to  pay  the 
charges.  Much  of  this  burden  is  carried  by 
voluntary  hospitals  which  must  look  to  public 
generosity  to  help  take  care  of  resultant  oper- 
ating deficits. 


AMBULANCE  SERVICE 

Presbyterian  Hospital  provides  ambulance 
service  when  desired  to  transport  injured  and 
other  patients  to  the  hospital  or  to  their  homes 
from  the  hospital.  Ambulance  trips  numbered 
214  last  year.  However,  many  of  the  acci- 
dent patients  are  brought  to  the  hospital  in 
private  cars,  taxis,   or  police   ambulances. 


ONE  OF  MANY  TYPES  OF  FRACTURE  BED 


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MANY  ADVANCES  MADE  IN  CARE  OF  FRACTURES 


Use    Varied    Procedures    and 

Apparatus  —  First   Aid 

Splinting   Urged 


The  study  of  the  bony  structure  of 
the  body  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
familiar  branches  of  anatomical  research 
and  yet  there  is  no  branch  of  modern 
surgery  in  which  greater  strides  have 
been  made  in  recent  years  than  that  hav- 
ing to  do  with  the  correction  of  ortho- 
pedic defects  and  the  reduction  and 
treatment  of  fractures. 

It  isn't  any  more  fun  to  have  a  broken 
leg,  a  dislocated  hip,  or  a  crushed  ankle 
than  it  ever  was  but  the  chances  of  be- 
ing made  as  goodas  new  are  far  better 
than  in  the  past,  even  in  the  case  of  a 
person  of  advanced  years.  There  is  less 
risk  now  that  the  broken  leg  will  be 
shorter  than  its  fellow  when  the  healing 
process  has  been  completed,  that  the 
broken  wrist  will  be  stiff,  or  that  other 
fractured  members  will  be  deformed  in 
some  way.  Provided,  the  fracture  receives 
the  prompt  attention  of  a  capable  surgeon 
and  that  no  additional  injury  has  been 
inflicted  in  the  process  of  transportation. 

"Splint   'Em   Where  They    Lie" 

In  any  case  of  severe  fracture  it  is  better 
to  rush  a  doctor  to  the  patient  than  to  rush 
the  patient  to  the  doctor  or  hospital.  The 
Fracure  Exhibit  Committee  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  states  in  its  Primer  on 
Fractures : 

"Early  splinting  and  application  of  traction 
will  lessen  deformity,  decrease  shock,  and 
make  complete  reduction  of  fragments  easier. 
The  main  fault  of  emergency  treatment  is 
that  it  is  not  applied  soon  enough.  The  in- 
jured person  is  picked  up  and  transported  to 
home  or  hospital  without  regard  to  the  frac- 
ture. Many  patients  arrive,  unsplinted,  at  the 
hospital  with  one  or  more  inches  of  shorten- 
ing and  an  angulated  thigh  from  overriding 
fragments.  That  these  deformities  are  unneces- 
sary is  proved  by  the  few  patients  who  arrive 
with  the  extremity  immobilised  in  a  Thomas 
splint." 

Continuing,  the  Primer  recommends  that 
all  physicians  carry  emergency  fracture  equip- 
ment in  their  automobiles  and  that  all  ambu- 
lances be  so  equipped.  "Splint  'em  where  they 
lie,"  is  the  basic  rule  laid  down  by  fracture 
specialists. 

Dr.  Kellogg  Speed  of  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital Surgical  Staff  is  chairman  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  committee  which  pre- 
pared the  "Primer  on  Fractures."  Dr.  Speed 
also  assisted  in  preparing  the  text  for  the 
American  Red  Cross  First  Aid  Textbook, 
which  sounds  the  following  warning: 

"Do  not  be  hurried  into  moving  an  injured 
person.  Very  few  cases  require  breakneck 
speed.  Necessary  first  aid  should  always  be 
given  and  any  tight  clothing  loosened  before 
the  patient  is  moved.  Except  when  his  face 
is  red  and  body  hot,  he  should  be  covered 
with  a  blanket  or  otherwise  to  keep  him 
warm  during  transportation. 

"Usually  when  an  accident  happens  along 
a   street    or    highway,    the    victim    is   literally 


Demonstrate  First   Aid   Splinting 


In  the  above  posed  picture,  Dr.  E.  W.  Fox,  house  surgeon,  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Mumler, 
intern,  are  shown  with  a  young  man  who  is  acting  the  role  of  an  accident  victim  on  whose 
fractured  leg  a  Thomas  splint  has  been  placed  as  a  first  aid  measure  at  the  scene  of  the 
accidnt.  Similar  splints  are  used  for  arm  fractures.  The  American  Medical  Association  urges 
that  all  doctors  carry  such  equipment  in  their  cars  and  that  ambulances  be  so  equipped.  In 
cases  of  severe  fracture  it  is  better  to  defer  transportation  of  the  patient  until  a  doctor  or 
ambulance  arrives  to  "splint  'em  where  they  lie,"  as  moving  such  a  patient  who  has  not  had 
first  aid  splinting  may  cause  irreparable  damage. 


thrown  into  the  nearest  automobile  and 
driven  at  wild  speed  to  a  hospital.  This  is  a 
very  serious  mistake,  and  many  deaths  have 
resulted  from  this  rough  kind  of  handling, 
when  proper  transportation  would  have  saved 
the  person." 

First  Aid  Knowledge  Valuable 

The  Red  Cross  Textbook  contains  illustrated 
directions  for  giving  first  aid  in  all  kinds  of 
injuries,  and  tells  how  to  improvise  splints 
and  traction  when  fracture  is  suspected,  how 
to  improvise  stretchers  and  carry  out  safe 
procedures  in  moving  an  injured  person.  It 
would  be  an  excellent  plan  if  every  motorist 
carried  a  copy  of  this  book  in  his  car,  to- 
gether with  a  small  first  aid  kit.  It  would  be 
even  better  if  more  people  had  practical  train- 
ing in  first  aid  which  is  provided  in  classes 
conducted  for  the  laity  by  the  Red  Cross  in 
Chicago  and  other  communities  having  local 
chapters.  Comprehensive  training  in  all  phases 
of  first  aid  is  included  in  the  course  of  instruc- 
tion in  the  School  of  Nursing  of  Presbyterian 
Hospital. 

In  all  cases  of  apparent  or  suspected  frac- 
ture brought  to  the  Presbyterian  Hospital, 
X-ray  films  and  fluoroscopy  are  utilized 
promptly  to  confirm  or  rule  out  the  prelimi- 
nary diagnosis.  If  there  is  a  fracture,  X-ray 
guides  the  surgeon  in  the  work  of  fitting  to- 
gether the  fragments  of  the  broken  bone  or 
bones.  Local  or  general  anesthesia  often  is 
used  while  this  is  being  done. 

"Suspension  Traction" 

"Suspension  traction"  is  now  recognized  as 
the  best  method  for  accomplishing  satisfactory 
reduction  and  healing  of  fractures  of  the  ex- 
tremities. This  can  be  carried  out  efficiently 
in  the  hospital  with  what  is  known  as  frac- 
ture bed  equipment.  The  specially  constructed 
frame  over  the  bed  makes  it  possible  to  attach 
the  pulleys  and  weights  needed  to  suspend 
the  fractured  leg  in  suitable  position  and  pro- 
vide sufficient  traction  to  accomplish  the 
desired  results.  (See  picture  on  page  2) 


Plaster  now  applied  in  the  form  of  a 
plaster  bandaging,  makes  a  solid  incasement 
just  as  did  the  old-style  plaster,  but  is  much 
easier  to  apply  both  for  the  patient  and  the 
doctor. 

Fracture  of  the  neck  of  the  femur  (hip 
bone),  fracture  of  the  upper  end  of  the 
humerus  (upper  arm),  and  compression  frac- 
ture of  the  spine  are  among  the  types  of 
fractures  which  may  require  a  portion  of  the 
body  to  be  incased  in  immobilization  plaster. 
A  few  years  ago  a  "broken  back"  or  "broken 
neck"  usually  resulted  either  in  death  within 
a  few  hours  or  complete  helplessness  during 
the  remainder  of  one's  life.  Unless  the  spinal 
cord  itself  is  severed  or  severely  injured  this 
dire  result  now  can  be  prevented  in  many 
cases.  The  fracture  specialist  of  today  knows 
how  to  reduce  a  fracture  of  the  spine  and 
incase  the  patient's  trunk  in  a  cast  applied  to 
provide  the  necessary  hypertension.  In  cases 
of  injury  to  the  spinal  cord,  the  neuro-surgeon 
often  is  able  to  work  with  the  bone  surgeon 
in    bringing   about    complete   recovery. 

When  it  appears  that  a  person  has  sustained 
a  spinal  injury  great  care  must  be  observed 
in  handling  him.  No  attempt  should  be  made 
to  get  the  patient  to  stand  up  or  sit  up.  A 
blanket  should  be  spread  on  the  ground  and 
the  patient  rolled  on  it  face  downward  and 
carried  or  transported  to  the  hospital  in  this 
position. 

In  all  cases  of  fracture.  X-ray  is  used  not 
only  for  the  initial  diagnosis  but  as  a  means 
of  checking  the  healing  process.  In  some 
instances  it  is  necessary  to  make  this  X-ray 
check  daily  in  the  early  stages  of  treatment, 
while   in    other  cases   it   is   done   less    often. 

Recovering  from  a  fracture  of  any  kind  is 
a  tedious  process  involving  more  or  less 
inconvenience  and  suffering.  Even  a  broken 
phalanx  in  a  finger  requires  immobilization 
for  three  or  more  weeks  and  little  use  of  the 
member  for  a  considerable  time.  Patience  and 
a  willingness  to  accept  the  judgment  of  the 
attending  surgeon  are  necessary  if  one  wants 
to  avoid  deformity  and  future  trouble  in  the 
case  of  any  fracture. 


HOLD  CLINICAL  MEETINGS 

Presbyterian  Hospital  was  host  to  two 
clinical  meetings  in  April.  On  Apr.  27, 
an  operative  and  demonstration  program 
was  presented  for  the  members  of  the 
Chicago  Urological  Society.  The  gyneco- 
logical and  obstetrical  staff  held  an  oper- 
ative and  demonstration  clinic  on  Apr. 
2  1  for  members  of  the  Chicago  Gyneco- 
logical Society.  Visitors  were  guests  of 
the  hospital  at  luncheon  on  both  days. 


MEDICAL  STAFF  NEWS 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Pediatric 
Society,  Apr.  11,  Dr.  Bert  I.  Beverly,  gave  a 
talk   on   "Habit   Formation." 


Dr.  E.  W.  Pernokis  addressed  the  Bureau 
County  Medical  Society,  Apr.  11,  on  "Ab- 
normal Varieties  of  White  Corpuscles  and 
Their   Clinical    Significance." 


On  Apr.  4,  Dr.  Gatewood  addressed  the 
Medical  Staff  of  Highland  Park  Hospital  on 
"Lesions  of  the  Small  Intestine,  exclusive  of 
carcinoma." 

Dr.  Ernest  E.  Irons  and  Dr.  Peter  Bassoe 
gave  lectures  at  the  School  of  Tropical  Medi- 
cine at   San  Juan,   Puerto  Rico,  in  February. 


Dr.  James  W.  Merricks  was  one  of  the 
speakers  at  the  evening  scientific  meeting  of 
the  Chicago  Urological  Society,  Apr.  27,  his 
topic  being  "Urologic  Compilations  of  Regional 
Enteritis." 


Dr.  Heyworth  N.  Sanford  gave  two  ad- 
dresses before  the  spring  clinics  of  the  St. 
Joseph  Clinical  Society,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  Mar. 
28  and  29.  His  topics  were  "Jaundice  of  the 
Newborn"  and  "Some  Observations  on  Dis- 
turbances of  Blood  Coagulation." 


MORE  SISTER  TWOSOMES 

The  editor's  attention  has  been  called 
to  several  sister  twosomes  who  are  grad- 
uates of  our  School  of  Nursing  and  whose 
names  were  inadvertently  omitted  from 
the  list  published  in  the  April  Bulletin. 
Please  accept  our  apologies  and  if  any 
others  were  omitted  the  editor  will 
appreciate  receiving  this  information. 

Those   who   have  been   reported   thus 
far  are: 
Gwynaeth  Porter  (1922)   and  Mildred  Porter 

Dingle    (1925) 
Bertha     Bennett     and     Ella     Bennett     Lande 

both    1919) 
Eunice  A.   Fenimore   (1923)    and  Janet  Feni- 

more  Korngold   (1924) 
Delia    M.    Lampe    (1924)    and    Ellen    Lampe 

Woodruff   (1929) 
Mary  Agnes  High  Boudry   (1926)   and  Jane 

High   Barton    (19  24) 
Dorothy  Ellis  Van  Gorp   (1924)   and  Eleanor 

Ellis    (1929) 

Elizabeth     Smith     (1928)     and     Ruth     Smith 
(1935) 

Grace    Hubbard     (1930)    and    Jeanette    Hub- 
bard  (1933) 

These  additions  make  a  total  of  43 
sister  twosomes  who  are  graduates  or  now 
are  students  in  the  School  of  Nursing. 


CONVENTION  SPEAKER 

Miss  Charlotte  F.  Landt,  president  of  the 
Alumnae  Association  of  the  School  of  Nurs- 
ing of  Presbyterian  Hospital,  and  assistant  to 
the  director  of  Cook  County  Hospital  School 
of  Nursing,  addressed  one  of  the  general  ses- 
sions at  the  convention  of  the  National 
League  of  Nursing  Education,  held  in  New 
Orleans,  Apr.  22-25.  Her  topic  was  "Prob- 
lems of  the  Postgraduate  Course  in  Nursing 
as  Related  to  the  Hospital  School."  Thirteen 
Alumnae  of  the  Presbyterian  school  met  for 
breakfast  during  the  convention. 


THRILLING   MOMENT   TO    BE   REPEATED 


Scenes  like  this, 
which  was  photo- 
graphed at  the  1938 
reunion,  will  be  re- 
peated on  June  12, 
when  another  big  re- 
union of  former  in- 
terns and  residents 
will  be  held.  Our 
chef  promises  to  "do 
his  stuff"  even  more 
generously  at  this 
year's  reunion  lunch- 
eon, when  visitors 
and  staff  members 
will  be  guests  of  the 
hospital.  In  the  pic- 
ture, left  to  right  are: 
Dr.  Harvey  A.  Tyler 
(1889-90),  Dr.  W.C. 
F.  Witte  (1896-98), 
and  Dr.  Rudolph 
Holmes  (1894-95). 


ALUMNAE  PLAY  IS  SUCCESS 

With  large  audiences  and  outstanding  per 
formance  on  the  part  of  every  member  of  the 
cast,  the  benefit  play  presented  by  nurses  and 
interns  on  May  1  and  2  at  the  Chicago  I 
Woman's  Club  theatre  was  a  great  success. 
Delightful  music  was  furnished  both  evenings 
by  a  trio  made  up  of  Miss  Lucile  George, 
pianist;  Miss  Miriam  Fairbanks,  cello;  andi 
Miss   Diantha   Warfel,  violin. 

On  behalf  of  the  Alumnae  Association  of 
School  of  Nursing,  Miss  Charlotte  F.  Landt, 
president,  has  asked  the  Bulletin  to  extend 
sincere  thanks  to  all  who  helped  to  make  the 
play  a  success.  Proceeds  of  over  $300  will 
be  added  to  the  Mary  Byrne  Fund,  which 
provides  hospital  care  for  nurses  who  be- 
come ill. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF   THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

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Telephone:   Seeley   7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 


JOHN      McKINLAY 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG 
CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS 

FRED    S.    BOOTH 

A.    J.    WILSON 


President 

...Vice-President  • 
...Vice-President 

Treasurer 

Secretary 

.Asst.  Secretary 
..Asst.  Secretary 


Arthur  G.  Cable 
Alfred  T.  Carton 
Philip  R.  Clarke 
Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr. 
John  B.  Drake 
James  B.   Forgan,   J 
Albert  D.   Farwell 
Alfred  E.   Hamill 
Charles  H.   Hamill 


Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr 
Fred   A.   Poor 
Theodore   A.   Shaw 
Rev.    John     Timothy 

Stone.  D.D. 
R.  Douglas  Stuart 
J.  Hall  Taylor 
John  P.  Welling 
Edward  F.  Wilson 


CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.    Harrison    Ray   Anderson,    D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.  W.  Clyde   Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 
VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D 


ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,  B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST    E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director   Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL Dean   and    Acting    Director 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital. 


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BULLETIN 

MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL   ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,   111. 


June,    1939 


Vol.  31,  No.  6 


DR.  HERRICK  RECEIVES 

1939  DISTINGUISHED 

SERVICE  AWARD 


Honored  at  A.  M.  A.  Meeting 


Dr.  James  B.  Herrick,  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  Medical  Staff  since 
1891,  received  the  American  Medical 
Association  Distinguished  Service  Award 

i  for  outstanding  work  in  the  field  of  medi- 
cine, at  the  association's  recent  conven- 
tion in  St.  Louis.   Because  of  the  system 

I  of  selection  this  award  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  most  important  within  the 
gift   of  the   association.    After   nomina- 

I  tions  are  made  through  the  Distinguished 

I  Service  Award  Committee,  five  names 
are  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
who  select  three  to  be  voted  on  by  the 
House  of  Delegates.  The  other  nominees 
this  year  were  Dr.  Chevalier  Jackson  of 
Philadelphia  and  Dr.  Edward  Jackson  of 
Denver. 

Born  in  Oak  Park  in  1861,  Dr.  Herrick 
received  his  A.B.  Degree  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  in  1882,  and  his 
M.D.  Degree  from  Rush  Medical  College 
in  1888.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
Rush  faculty  from  1890  to  1927  and  is 
now  professor  emeritus  in  the  department 
of  medicine.  He  was  an  attending  physi- 
cian on  hospital  staff  from  1895  to  1919, 
since  which  time  he  has  been  a  consult- 
ing physician. 

Is  Heart  Specialist 

Dr.  Herrick  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
foremost  heart  specialists  of  the  country. 
His  research  on  coronary  thrombosis  and 
his  many  published  articles  are  credited 
with  having  done  more  to  force  clinical 
recognition  of  the  condition  and  stimu- 
late clinical  and  experimental  study  than 
all  other  writings  on  that  subject.* 

Many  important  professional  offices 
have  been  held  by  Dr.  Herrick.  He  was 
the  founder  and  first  president  of  the 
Chicago  Society  of  Internal  Medicine, 
has  been  president  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation of  Physicians,  and  of  the  Institute 


HONORED 


DR.  JAMES  B.  HERRICK 


of  Medicine  of  Chicago;  and  a  member 
of  the  Judicial  Council  of  the  American 
Medical  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine  and 
has  received  honorary  degrees  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  and  University 
of  Chicago.  In  1930  he  received  the 
Kober  medal  of  the  American  Associa- 
tion of  Physicians  for  Research  and 
Scientific  Medicine. 

It  was  through  Dr.  Herrick's  efforts 
that  Chicago's  first  electrocardiograph 
was  installed  in  Presbyterian  Hospital  in 
1913,  the  gift  of  the  late  Mrs.  Cyrus 
McCormick,  Sr.  Mrs.  McCormick  also 
presented  the  hospital  with  an  improved 
model  in  1915  and  provided  a  substantial 
sum  for  research  in  heart  disease.  It  was 
with  the  aid  of  these  instruments  that 
Dr.  Herrick  made  his  first  notable  dis- 
coveries about  coronary  thrombosis  and 
started  on  the  trail  which  has  brought 
fame  to  himself  and  immeasurable  benefit 
to  humanity. 


ELEVEN  MEDICAL  STAFF 

MEMBERS  ON  A.  M.  A. 

PROGRAM 


At  Other  Conventions  Also 


*   A.  M.  A.   Jov 


Eleven  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital  Medical  Staff  were  on  the  pro- 
gram of  the  recent  American  Medical 
Association  convention  in  St.  Louis.  The 
staff  also  was  well  represented  on  pro- 
grams of  other  national  professional 
groups,  and  at  the  convention  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Medical  Society  at  Rockford 
early  in  May. 

At  the  A.M. A.  convention,  Dr.  Ernest 
E.  Irons  was  moderator  of  a  panel  discus- 
sion on  pneumonia.  Dr.  Kellogg  Speed 
was  chairman  of  the  fracture  exhibit  and 
Dr.  Clayton  J.  Lundy,  chairman  of  one 
of  the  exhibits  on  heart  disease.  Those 
who  presented  papers  before  the  various 
sections  were: 

Section  on  Laryngology,  Otology  and  Rhi- 
nology — Dr.  George  E.  Shambaugh,  Jr. 

Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics 
— Dr.  Willard  O.  Thompson  and  Dr.  Norris 
J.  Heckel. 

Section  on  Urology — Dr.  H.  L.  Kretschmer 
and  Dr.   R.  C.  Brown. 

Section  on  Orthopedic  Surgery — Dr.  Elven 
J.  Berkheiser. 

Section  on  Pediatrics — Dr.  Heyworth  N. 
Sanford.  Discussion  opened  by  Dr.  Clifford 
G.  Grulee. 

Staff  members  who  lead  discussions  in- 
cluded: Dr.  Edward  D.  Allen,  Section 
on  Obstetrics  and  Gynecology;  Dr.  James 
H.  Mitchell,  Section  on  Dermatology  and 
Syphilology. 

Well-known  former  Presbyterian  in- 
terns on  the  convention  program  in- 
cluded: Dr.  Franklin  Farman  of  Los 
Angeles;  Dr.  Evarts  A.  Graham  of  St. 
Louis;  Dr.  E.  C.  Rosenow  and  Dr. 
Hamilton  Mongomery,  Mayo  Clinic. 

Dr.    Herman    L.    Kretschmer   was   re- 
elected treasurer  of  the  association. 
(Continued  on  page  4,  col.   2) 


3ti 


pmnrtam 


Dr.  Gatewood 
1887-1939 

On  May  22,  1939,  without  warning, 
Dr.  Gatewood  died  suddenly  from  heart 
disease  at  his  home  in  Highland  Park, 
Illinois.  He  was  only  5  1  years  of  age  and 
in  the  height  of  his  surgical  career  carry- 
ing easily  the  many  responsibilities  of 
practitioner,  teacher,  and  investigator  in 
a  way  that  gained  him  the  respect  and 
admiration  of  all  who  came  in  contact 
with  him.  One  of  the  greatest  tributes 
that  comes  to  a  busy  man  is  the  confi- 
dence and  affection  of  his  young  asso- 
ciates. Dr.  Gatewood  gave  of  himself 
freely  to  young  men,  many  of  whom 
idealized  him.  He  was  also  highly  es- 
teemed by  his  contemporaries  who  found 
him  always  ready  and  willing  to  help  in 
the  matters  of  hospital  organization,  col- 
lege teaching,  and  special  interests  m  the 
institutions  in  which  he  worked. 

Dr.  Gatewood  had  a  high  degree  of  scien- 
tific honesty  with  the  consequence  that  his 
publications  were  regarded  as  sound  and 
worthwhile  by  the  discerning.  Gatewood's 
devotion  to  the  indigent  sick  at  the  Cook 
County  Hospital  and  Central  Free  Dispensary 
was  never  perfunctory.  As  attending  man  at 
these  institutions  he  developed  a  large  per- 
sona! following  of  those  who  though  devoid 
of  worldly  goods  recognized  him  as  a  sur- 
geon who  did  great  deeds.  His  work  on  hypo- 
spadias and  undescended  testicle  and  trans- 
plantation of  the  ureters  in  extrophy  of  the 
bladder,  while  working  in  the  Children's 
Wards  of  the  County  Hospital,  not  only 
gained  him  many  grateful  patients  but  set  a 
high  degre.e  of  efficiency  in  these  difficult  fields. 

Dr.  Gatewood  did  not  rest  his  interests  in 
medicine  alone  but  for  many  years  was  active 
in  the  civic  affairs  of  his  community,  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  School  Board  in  Highland 
Park  and  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Visitors  of  Ohio  State  University,  his  alma 
mater. 

These  many  tributes  to  Gatewood's  char- 
acter may  seem  gratuitous  and  fullsome,  and 
indeed  they  do  not  picture  the  man  himself 
whose  kindly  disposition  and  evidence  of 
latent  resources  instantly  impressed  one  with 
the  soundness  of  his  character.  He  will  be 
sadly  missed  by  those  of  us  who  knew  him 
well  and  who  had  great  faith  in  him. 

Dr.  Gatewood  was  born  in  Stockport,  Ohio, 
October  11,  1887,  the  son  of  Dr.  Wesley 
Emmett  and  Annie  L.  Pierrot  Gatewood.  His 
preliminary  education  was  received  in  the 
schools  of  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  received  his 
A.B.  degree  in  1907  and  M.A.  degree  in  1910 
from  Ohio  State  University  and  graduated 
from  Rush  Medical  College  in  1911.  After 
,in  internship  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  he 
became  the  associate  of  Dr.  Arthur  Dean 
Bevan  with  whom  he  worked  as  assistant  and 
associate  until  Dr.  Bevan  retired,  when  he 
succeeded  to  his  service  and  was  made  Pre 
fessor  of  Surgery  at  Rush  Medical  College  of 
the  University  of  Chicago  and  Attending 
Surgeon  at  the  Presbyterian  Hospital.  During 
these  twenty-live  years  Dr.  Gatewood  was  an 
excellent  and  active  teacher  and  contributor 
to  surgical  literature,  his  major  interest  being 
in  surgery  oi  the  stomach.  In  addition  to  his 
mi  mbership  in  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation  and  affiliated   societies,   he  was  an  offi- 


DR.    GATEWOOD 


cer  and  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Chicago 
Surgical  Society,  the  Institute  of  Medicine,  a 
fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Surgeons 
and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Governors,  a 
member  of  the  American  Surgical  Association, 
the  Western  Surgical  Association,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Founders  Group  of  the  American 
Board  of  Surgery. 

Without  doubt,  Gatewood's  greatest  joy 
was  in  his  family  where  with  Mrs.  Gatewood 
he  enjoyed  the  companionship  of  two  daugh- 
ters and  a  son. 

Dr.  Gatewood's  life  was  contained  and  able 
and  he  will  be  long  remembered  as  a  real 
man,  a   friend,   and   a   first  class  surgeon. 

Vernon  C.  David,  M.D. 


HOLD    MEMORIAL    SERVICE 

Medical  Staff  members  and  former  interns, 
here  for  the  annual  reunion,  paid  tribute  to 
the  late  Dr.  Gatewood  at  a  memorial  service 
in  the  hospital  chapel,  June  13.  The  service 
was  opened  by  Dr.  Emmet  B.  Bay,  dean  of 
Rush  Medical  College,  who  spoke  appropri- 
ately after  which  short  talks  were  made  by 
Dr.  Arthur  Dean  Bevan,  Dr.  Ernest  E.  Irons, 
Dr.  Vernon  C.  David  and  Dr.  Erhard  W.  Fox. 


FORMER    INTERNS 

Deceased  in  1938-39 
Both     Dr.     Slaymaker     and     Dr.     Gatewood 
were  former  Presbyterian  interns.    Other  for- 
mer interns  whose  deaths  have  been   reported 
recently  are: 

1938 
Granville     T.     Twining     (1910),     Mobridge, 

S.  D. 
Golder  L.  McWhorter   (1913),  Chicago 
Eilef  A.  Smedal  (1916),  LaCrossc,  Wis. 
Arthur   Teninga    (1918),  Chicago 
Samuel  M.  Crcsswcll  (1926),  Tacoma,  Wash. 
Ralph  E.   LeMaster   (1931),   Marion,   Ind. 

1939 

Harvey    S.    Thatcher    (1918),    Little    Rock, 
Ark. 


Dr.   Slaymaker 
1864-1939 

Samuel  Robert  Slaymaker  died  on 
May  3,  1939,  following  an  exploratory 
operation  for  inoperable  tumor  of  the 
pancreas,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years. 
He  graduated  from  Beloit  College  in 
1888  and  from  Rush  Medical  College  in 
1892,  and  then  served  a  year  of  intern- 
ship m  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  (1892- 
93).  He  became  instructor  in  physiology 
in  Rush  in  1896,  and  shortly  afterward1 
instructor  in  medicine.  From  1919  on,^ 
he  was  clinical  professor  of  medicine. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Associate  Medical 
Staff  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  and  a 
member  and  president  of  the  Medical  Staff  of  j 
Washington  Boulevard  Hospital.  For  twenty  i 
years  he  served  on  the  Attending  Staff  of  the 
Cook  County  Hospital  where  his  service  was 
among  those  most  eagerly  sought  by  the  in- 
terns. He  served  with  distinction  in  the  medi- 
cal department  of  the  Army  during  the  World 
War. 

Dr.  Slaymaker's  contribution  to  medical 
education  was  as  a  teacher  rather  than  as  a 
writer.  His  clinics  at  the  County  Hospital  and 
at  Rush  were  popular  with  the  students, 
chiefly  by  reason  of  his  ability  to  explain,  and  ! 
to  make  information  stick.  In  recent  years  he 
devoted  most  of  his  teaching  effort  to  the  stu- 
dents and  interns  at  Washington  Boulevard 
Hospital  and  to  the  heart  clinic  in  Central 
Free  Dispensary. 

He  was  an  excellent  diagnostician,  judicial  I 
in  temperament,  and  greatly  beloved  by  his 
patients.  He  was  extremely  modest,  kindly, 
and  always  careful  to  avoid  causing  pain  or 
embarrassment  to  anyone.  No  one,  however,  , 
had  stronger  principles  of  right  and  honesty. 
His  judgment  of  men  whom  he  regarded  as 
having  violated  those  principles  was  severe, 
though  masked  by  his  ever  present  kindliness. 

He  was  somewhat  of  a  stoic,  and  one  rarely 
heard  him  refer  to  his  own  troubles.  On  one 
occasion  several  years  ago,  when  he  fell  from 
a  horse  in  the  Southwest,  he  refused  exami- 
nation, though  evidently  in  some  pain,  and 
it  was  only  on  our  return  to  Chicago  that  an 
X-ray  disclosed  five  fractured  ribs.  This  per- 
sonal reticence  may  in  part  explain  the  ap- 
parent suddenness  of  onset  of  his  last  illness. 

We  shall  always  remember  Dr.  Slaymaker 
as  an  able  and  conscientious  physician,  an 
inspiring  teacher,  and  a  beloved  and  faithful 
fnend. 

Ernest  E.  Irons,  M.D. 


Not  in  Vain 


If   I   can    stop    one   heart    from    breaking, 

I  shall  not  live  in  vain; 

If  I  can   ease  one  life  the  aching, 

Or  cool   one   pain, 

Or  help  one  feUowman, 

Until   he's  well  again 

I   .shall   not   live  m   vain. 

— Adapted   from   a   poem   by 
Emily   Dickinson 


EX-INTERNS  REUNION 

ATTRACTS  150  FROM 

TWELVE   STATES 

1884  Intern  Attends  Luncheon 

It  was  December,  1884.  L.  H.  Prince, 
first  and  at  that  time  the  only  intern  in 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  found  his  task 
rather  strenuous  when  combined  with  his 
studies  at  Rush  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  had  not  yet  graduated.  Adam 
E.  Kauffman,  another  Rush  student,  was 
invited  by  hospital  authorities  to  take 
over  some  of  the  intern  work.  He  was 
called  an  "extern"  because  he  did  not 
live  in  the  hospital. 

On  June  12,  1939,  Dr.  Adam  E. 
Kauffman  of  Leesburg,  Fla.  was  present 
at  the  reunion  luncheon  in  the  hospital 
dining  rooms,  attended  by  150  doctors 
from  a  dozen  different  states,  who  had 
served  internships  or  residencies  m  spe- 
cial branches  of  medicine  in  the  hospital. 
Dr.  Kauffman,  who  is  83,  was  on  a  Car- 
ribean  cruise  a  few  weeks  ago,  when  an 
illness  caused  by  stomach  ulcer  led  him 
to  fly  to  Chicago  to  enter  Presbyterian 
Hospital  for  treatment.  He  was  dis- 
charged from  the  hospital  on  June  2,  but 
decided  to  remain  in  the  city  and  attend 
the  reunion.  Being  on  a  milk  diet,  he 
could  not  enjoy  the  sumptuous  array  of 
food  prepared  by  our  chef  and  served 
buffet  style,  and  did  not  feel  up  to  at- 
tending the  reunion  dinner  at  the 
Knickerbocker. 

Dr.  Prince  Sends  Regrets 

Dr.  Prince,  now  living  in  retirement  at 
Kiln,  Miss.,  sent  a  message  expressing  regret 
at  his  inability  to  be  present  because  of  ill  - 
health.  Dr.  Joseph  F.  Smith  of  Wausau,  Wis., 
who  was  in  charge  of  the  first  X-ray  machine 
installed  in  1898,  had  planned  to  come  but 
illness  in  his  family  prevented.  Dr.  John 
Calene,  Aberdeen,  Wash.,  came  the  greatest 
distance. 

More  than  200  former  and  present  interns, 
resident  doctors,  and  Medical  Staff  members 
attended  the  reunion  dinner  at  the  Knicker- 
bocker Hotel.  Dr.  George  H.  Coleman,  presi- 
dent of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  Alumni 
Association,  composed  of  about  700  former 
interns  and  residents,  was  toastmaster.  Those 
called  on  for  brief  responses  included  Dr.  N. 
S.  Heaney,  Dr.  R.  C.  Brown,  Dr.  Carl  Davis, 
Dr.  Wilber  Post,  Dr.  Peter  Bassoe,  Dr.  Kel- 
logg Speed,  Dr.  J.  H.  Mitchell,  and  Dr.  L. 
W.  Avery  of  the  Medical  Staff;  Dr.  Harry 
W.  Horn,  Wichita,  Kans.;  Dr.  George  Curtis, 
Columbus,  O.:  Dr.  Russell  Wilder  and  Dr. 
Waltman  Walters,  Rochester,  Minn.:  Dr. 
Robert  L.  Kerrigan,  Michigan  City,  Ind.:  Dr. 
A.  C.  Ivy,  Northwestern  University  Medical 
School;  and  Dr.  Linn  F.  McBride,  Washing- 
ton Boulevard  Hospital.  An  amusing  program 
of  skits  was  presented  by  members  of  the 
present  intern   and  resident  staff. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows:    president, 


Electrocardiograph  —   Then  and  Now 


A  bore,  Chicago's  first  electrocardiograph 
which  was  presented  to  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital in  1913  by  Mrs.  Cyrus  McCormick,  Sr. 
It  was  imported  from  Berlin.  Despite  its 
crude  appearance  and  the  fact  that  it  was 
operated  by  storage  batteries,  Dr.  James  B. 
Herrick  made  some  of  his  first  important 
discoveries  with  the  aid  of  this  instrument 
and  its  successor,  which  was  imported  from 
England  in  1915.  The  second  instrument 
also  was  a  gift  from  Mrs.  McCormick.  Dr. 
Linn  F.  McBride,  1913  intern  on  Dr.  Her- 
rick's  service,  is  shown   in  picture. 

In  striking  contrast  to  the  cumbersome  in- 
strument installed  in  1913  is  our  present 
electrocardiograph  shown  at  the  right. 

Miss  Mildred  Mancl  is  now  the  technician 
in  this  department  having  succeeded  the 
worker  shown  in  the  picture.  Dr.  Charles  M. 
Bacon  is  in   charge  of  the  department. 


MAKES  HEART  WRITE 

The  electrocardiograph  makes  the  heart 
write.  In  other  words  it  makes  photographic 
tracings  of  the  action  of  the  heart  by  ampli- 
fying the  very  weak  current  generated  by  the 
heart  action,  and  magnifying  the  moving 
shadow  caused  by  the  up  and  down  move- 
ment of  a  galvanometer  string,  which  is 
connected  to  electrodes  placed  in  proper  posi- 
tion on  the  patient's  body.  The  finished  pic- 
ture is  called  an  electrocardiogram. 


Dr.  Linn  F.  McBride;  president-elect,  Dr.  Carl 
A.  Dragstedt,  Northwestern  University  Medi- 
cal School;  secretary-treasurer,  Dr.  John  M. 
Dorsey. 


Dure  It  -  Fox 

Dr.  Erhard  W.  Fox,  resident  surgeon  in  the 
hospital,  and  Miss  Ellen  Durch  were  married 
on  May  18  at  the  home  of  the  former's 
parents.  Mrs.  Fox  is  a  graduate  of  Ancker 
Hospital  School  of  Nursing  in  St.  Paul.  Minn, 
and  was  on  our  nursing  staff  for  a  year  and 
a  half. 


DeYoung  -  Roesch 

Miss  Lucy  DeYoung  and  Mr.  Marvin 
Roesch  were  married  at  Huron,  S.  Dak.  on 
May  6.  Miss  DeYoung,  who  graduated  from 
our  School  of  Nursing  in  the  fall  of  1937, 
had  been  the  efficient  supervisor  in  charge  of 
the  maternity  nursery  since  December  1937. 
The  couple  will  live  in   South   Dakota. 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  HEARS 
ADDRESS  ON  WORK  OF 
WESTMINISTER    CENTER 


An  interesting  account  of  the  work  of 
Westminister  Center  was  given  by  Dr. 
A.  R.  Hickman  at  the  Woman's  Board 
meeting  on  May  1.  The  Center,  which 
is  maintained  at  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church,  provides  recreational,  social,  and 
religious  activities  for  students  in  this 
area.  Weekly  play  night,  drama,  speech, 
forum  and  other  clubs,  and  city  tours 
are  among  the  projects  sponsored  by  the 
Center.  Leaders  in  activities  at  the 
Center  include  several  students  from  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  School  of  Nursing. 

Begins  40th  Year 

Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  superintendent, 
spoke  at  the  meeting  of  the  Woman's 
Board  on  June  5,  and  stated  that  just  40 
years  ago  he  had  attended  a  meeting  of 
the  Ladies  Aid  Society,  his  first  after  be- 
coming a  member  of  the  hospital  execu- 
tive staff  on  June  1,  1900.  The  organiza- 
tion changed  its  name  to  Woman's  Board 
about  30  years  ago.  Present  at  the  meet- 
ing on  June  5  were  three  members  who 
had  attended  the  meeting  40  years  pre- 
vious— Mrs.  David  W.  Graham,  Mrs. 
George  R.  Nichols  and  Mrs.  Lincoln  M. 
Coy. 

Mr.  Bacon  said  that  the  Ladies  Aid  Society 
had  132  active  members  in  1900.  Its  present 
membership  is  2  50,  including  representatives 
from  41   churches. 

Pointing  out  that  the  declining  birth  rate 
emphasizes  the  importance  of  saving  the  lives 
of  babies  and  children  Mr.  Bacon  urged  the 
need  of  additional  endowments  for  the  mater- 
nity and  children's  departments  of  the  hos- 
pital. The  former  has  no  endowments.  The 
Babies  Alumni  Fund  now  being  accumulated 
by  the  Woman's  Board  is  to  be  used  for  the 
support  of  a  free  bed  in  the  maternity  ward 
but  this  enterprise  is  still  in  its  infancy. 

Jelly  Donations 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Mentzer,  chairman  of  the  Delica- 
cies committee,  urged  board  members  to  enlist 
the  interest  of  church  women  and  other 
friends  in  making  jelly  for  the  hospital  this 
summer.  Empty  glasses  may  be  obtained  from 
the  hospital  housekeeper. 

Miss  Lindem  to  Return 

Mrs.  Wilber  E.  Post,  chairman  of  the 
Library  committee,  announced  that  Miss 
Selma  Lindem,  hospital  librarian,  will  return 
to  her  duties  here  on  July  1,  after  spending 
six  months  in  New  York  City  organizing  a 
hospital  library  project  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Junior  League.  The  board  gave  a  vote  of 
thanks  to  Mrs,  Virginia  Bonnici  for  her  effi- 
cient service  as  librarian  during  Miss  Lindcm's 
absence. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  will  be  in 
October. 

GOLDEN  ANNIVERSARY 

The  Rev.  E.  N.  Ware,  former  hospital 
chaplain,  and  Mrs.  Ware  observed  their  50th 
wedding  anniversary  on  May  21  at  their 
home,  1430  Howard  Street.  Dr.  Ware  retired 
a  year  ago  after  serving  as  chaplain  here  for 
26  years. 


STAFF  ELECTS  OFFICERS 

At  a   recent   meeting   of  the   Medical   Staff 
)fficers  were  elected  as  follows: 
President— Dr.   Wilber  E.  Post 
First  Vice-Pres.— Dr.  Arthur  H.  Parmelee 
Second  Vice-Pres. — Dr.  Edward  D.  Allen 
Secretary-Treasurer — Dr.  William  G.  Hibbs 


AT   THE   CONVENTIONS 

(Continued  from  page  1,  col.  3) 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Association  for  Traumatic  Surgery,  in 
Hot  Springs,  Va.,  Dr.  Kellogg  Speed 
gave  the  presidential  address  and  Dr. 
Albert  H.  Montgomery  led  the  discussion 
of  a  paper  on  "Fat  Embolism."  Dr. 
Vernon  C.  David,  a  fellow  of  the  asso- 
ciation attended  the  meeting. 

Association  of  Military  Surgeons 

Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis  represented  the  Illinois 
National  Guard  at  the  Association  of  Military 
Surgeons  of  the  United  States,  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  May  7-14.  The  International 
Association  of  Military  Surgeons  which  met 
concurrently  was  attended  by  surgeons  from 
32  different  countries.  Delegates  visited  the 
Army  Medical  School'  at  Carlisle,  Pa.  and  saw 
demonstrations  of  new  equipment  including  a 
complete    mobile    operating    room    and    X-ray 


At  the  American  Pediatric  Society  meeting 
held  at  Skytop,  Pa.,  recently,  Dr.  Clifford  G. 
Grulee  delivered  the  presidential  address  on 
"Problems  of  the  Newborn."  Dr.  H.  N.  San- 
ford,  who  is  editor  and  recorder  of  the  Society, 
also  participated  in  the  meeting. 

An  exhibit  on  the  care  of  premature  infants 
was  arranged  by  our  pediatric  department  at 
the  Illinois  State  Medical  Association  conven- 
tion in  Rockford.  Miss  Louise  Morley,  chil- 
dren's floor  supervisor,  was  in  charge  of  the 
exhibit,  which  included  an  incubator  cubicle 
identical  with  those  designed  by  and  recently 
installed  in  Presbyterian  Hospital.  Several 
staff  members  were  on  the  program  at  this 
convention. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Board  of  Urology  held  at  White  Sulphur 
Springs,  May  27,  28,  Dr.  H.  L.  Kretschmcr 
was  re-elected  president  of  the  board. 

In  addition  to  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation convention,  recent  meetings  at  which 
Dr.  W.  O.  Thompson  presented  papers  in- 
cluded the  Marshall  County  Medical  Society. 
Marshalltown.  la.;  Champaign  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  Champaign,  111.;  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Study  of  Goiter,  Cincinnati, 
O.;  and  Ontario  Medical  Association,  Hamil- 
ton, Ont.  Dr.  Thompson  and  Dr.  N.  J. 
Heckel  presented  a  paper  before  the  Ameri- 
can Association  for  the  Study  of  Internal 
Secretions,  May   12,  at  St.  Louis. 

Dr.  Ncckel  was  one  of  the  speakers  at  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Association 
of  Genito-Urinary  Surgeons,  May  24-29,  at 
Williamsburg,  Va.  and  attended  the  meeting 
of  the  American  Urological  Association  at 
White   Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va. 

Dr.  J.  H.  Mitchell  was  the  guest  speaker 
at  a  meeting  of  the  Bureau  County  Medical 
Society  on  May  9. 

Dr.  L.  C.  Gatewood  addressed  the  Kan- 
kakee County  Medical  Society  meeting  on 
May    11. 


PRESBYTERY  MEETING 

The  June  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Presbytery  was  held  in  the  auditorium  of  j 
the  Sprague  Home  for  Nurses,  Monday,  j 
June  13.  Rev.  H.  W.  Johnstone,  moder- 
ator  presided.  Mr.  John  McKinlay,  presi- 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Managers;  Mr. 
Bacon,  superintendent,  and  the  Rev.  i 
Russell  L.  Dicks,  chaplain,  greeted  the 
Presbytery  members  on  behalf  of  the  hos- 
pital. At  the  conclusion  of  the  meeting 
the  visitors  were  guests  of  the  hospital 
at  luncheon. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS! 
Telephone:   Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and   MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS _ Secretary 

FRED    S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.    John     Timothy 
John  B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.   Forgan,  Jr.  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albert  D.  Farwell  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Alfred  E.   Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles  H.   Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.    Harrison    Ray   Anderson,   D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.   W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 
VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 

REV.   RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,   B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST    E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director   Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL Dean   and    Acting    Director 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital. 


The  Presbytia!  Hospita 

0"v  tks  Glty  ay  Skicagc^ 

f  BULLETIN 

MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL   ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,  111. 


July -August,   1939 


Vol.  31,  No.  7 


STERILE    SUPPLIES    ARE 

ESSENTIAL  IN  CARE 

OF   PATIENTS 

Prepared  by  Trained  Staff 

Eight  women  work  full  time  and  six 
student  nurses  work  two  hours  daily  (as 
part  of  their  training)  to  take  care  of 
the  sterile  supply  needs  of  Presbyterian 
Hospital  patients.  Dressings  of  various 
kinds  and  numerous  other  articles  are 
prepared  in  this  department.  Those  used 
on  the  nursing  floors  are  sent  to  the  large 
sterilizing  room,  returned  to  the  sterile 
supply  room  and  dispatched  to  the  dif- 
ferent floors  each  morning  on  requisitions 
made  out  by  head  nurse  and  O.KLd  by 
the  nurses'  office.  Supplies  used  in  the 
operating  rooms  are  sterilized  in  that  de- 
partment after  being  prepared  in  the 
•  sterile  supply  room. 

Fifty  100 -yard  bolts  of  gauze  are  cut 
up  each  week  to  make  bandages  and 
dressings  of  various  sizes  and  for  various 
purposes.  Cutting  is  done  on  an  electric 
machine  which  cuts  through  three  bolts 
of  gauze  at  one  time.  Bandages  include 
the  "Bevan"  rollers  which  are  one  yard 
wide  and  five  yards  long,  thus  named  be- 
cause for  Dr.  Arthur  Dean  Bevan 
originated  their  use  many  years  ago. 
Three-ply  four-inch  rollers  in  three  and 
five  yard  lengths,  18x1 8-inch  Lewis  dres- 
sings, and  9x1 0-inch  plain  dressings  are 
among  the  other  dresings  prepared  in  the 
sterile  supply  room.  Lewis  dressings  are 
so  called  because  they  are  folded  in  a 
special  way  designed  by  Dr.  Dean  Lewis. 

"Hypo"  sponges  are  made  of  a  small 
piece  of  gauze,  folded  in  a  special  way. 
These  are  dipped  in  alcohol  and  used  to 
wipe  off  the  skin  area  into  which  a  hypo 
needle  is  to  be  plunged  for  injections  of 
any  kind,  also  when  blood  is  to  be  drawn 
for  tests,  and  for  other  sterile  purposes. 
These  tiny  gauze  sponges  are  packed  in 
small  bags,  100  to  200  in  each  bag,  for 
sterilizing,  and  remain  in  the  bags  until 
taken  out  to  be  used  by  nurses  or  interns. 
An    average    of   eight   bags   is    required 


THIRTEEN  BAGS  FULL  DAILY 


It's  thirteen  rather  than  three  bags  full,  and  the  contents  aren't  wool  but  dressings  and 
other  sterile  supplies  used  in  the  care  of  patients  every  day  in  Presbyterian  Hospital.  Scenes 
like  the  above  may  be  witnessed  each  morning  when  workers  assemble  supplies  in  accordance 
with  requisitions  from  the  nursing  department,  checking  the  requisition  sheets  as  items  are 
placed  in  bags.  Workers  shown  are,  left  to  right:  Mrs.  Cynthia  Franklin,  Mrs.  Isabelle  Mc- 
Guire,  and  Mrs.  Anna  W.  Lake,   head  of  the  department. 


daily.  "Clysis"  sets,  consisting  of  towels  and 
gauze  squares  are  assembled,  wrapped,  and 
sterilized   for  use  at  blood   transfusions. 

Folded  gauze  dressings,  4x4  inches,  are 
wrapped  in  brown  paper  and  then  placed  in 
bags  to  be  sterilized.  The  average  daily  supply 
is  200.  Rubber  gloves  are  wrapped  in  gauze 
and  sterilized,  the  gauze  wrapping  remaining 
on  them  until  the  doctors  and  nurses  are 
ready  to  put  them  on  in  the  operating  and 
examining  rooms  or  when  attending  patients 
at  the  bedside. 

Pads  of  various  sizes  for  outside  dressings 
and  tor  various  other  uses  are  made  of  layers 
of  cotton  covered  with  gauze.  Applicators  in 
three  sizes  are  made  by  winding  cotton  on 
one  end  of  hardwood  toothpicks  and  larger 
sticks  bought  for  the  purpose.  Five  different 
kinds  of  binders,  slings  of  different  sizes  and 
kinds,  eye  shields  to  hold  bandages  in  place, 
and  "stoop  wringers,"  in  which  nurses  wring 
boiled  dressings  for  eyes,  are  among  the 
articles  made  in  our  sewing  room  and  folded, 
wrapped  and  otherwise  prepared  in  the 
sterile  supply  room  before  being  sent  to  the 
sterilizer. 


Ice  Coils  are  Made 

Among  the  most  novel  articles  made  here 
are  the  ice  coils  used  in  treating  certain  heart 
conditions.  These  are  made  by  fastening  coiled 
rubber  tubing  to  a  square  of  rubber  sheeting, 
with  several  feet  of  loose  tubing  at  each  end 
of  the  coil.  One  end  of  this  tubing  is 
attached  to  an  elevated  pail  containing  ice 
water,  and  the  other  end  is  placed  in  a  pail 
on  the  floor.  The  ice  water  from  the  elevated 
p.ul  runs  slowly  through  the  coil  and  out  into 
the  lower  pail,  keeping  the  coil  ice  cold  at  all 
times.  The  coil  is  very  light  in  weight  and 
for  this  reason  is  preferable  to  an  ordinary 
ice   bag   in    some   cases. 

Towels  for  use  in  the  milk  laboratory  and 
for  numerous  other  sterile  uses  arc  sent  to 
the  sterile  supply  room  from  the  laundry, 
folded,  wrapped,  placed  in  bags,  and  sent  to 
the  sterilizers.  Covers  for  hot  water  bags,  ice 
bags  and  eelctric  hot  pads,  celluwipe  paper 
tissues,  and  adhesive  supplies  of  different  kinds 
arc  other  articles  distributed  from  the  sterile 
supply   room. 


FINDS  LIFE  WORTHWHILE 

DESPITE   PHYSICAL 

HANDICAP 

Valued   as   Hospital   Employe 

Running  an  elevator  from  1 1  o'clock 
at  night  until  seven  o'clock  m  the  morn- 
ing might  prove  monotonous  to  some 
people  after  doing  it  for  25  years  hut  to 
Charles  W.  Thompson  it's  an  oppor- 
tunity to  earn  a  livelihood  despite  physi- 
cal handicap  and  be  a  part  of  an  institu- 
tion in  which  he  received  treatment 
thirty  years  ago,  which  rescued  him  from 
remaining  a  hopeless  cripple.  For  five 
years  before  he  was  assigned  to  his  present 
job,  Mr.  Thompson  was  day  operator  on 
the  front  elevator  and  during  the  World 
War,  he  worked  a  good  many  double 
shifts  on  the  hospital  elevators  because 
of  the  frequent  turnover  of  elevator  em- 
ployes resulting  from  enlistments  of 
young  men  in  Army  and  Navy,  some  of 
whom  joined  Unit  13  of  the  Overseas 
Medical  Corps  which  was  recruited  en- 
tirely from  Presbyterian  Hospital's  med- 
ical staff,  nursing  and  other  personnel. 

Caring  for  the  sick  was  the  chosen  career 
of  Charles  W.  Thompson  when  he  joined  the 
U.  S.  Army  hospital  corps  as  a  young  man. 
After  three  years  of  service  in  an  army  hos- 
pital, he  did  nursing  in  civilian  institutions. 
It  was  while  working  in  a  hospital  in  Duluth 
that  he  contracted  from  a  patient  a  virulent 
type  of  streptococci  infection.  Doctors  in 
that  institution  succeeded  m  saving  his  life 
hut  were  unable  to  prevent  his  becoming 
badly  crippled.  He  was  advised  to  come  to 
Chicago  to  consult  Dr.  Arthur  Dean  Bevan 
and  subsequently  entered  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital as  a  patient.  After  a  series  of  opera- 
tions and  many  months  in  plaster  casts  he 
emerged  minus  one  leg  and  with  a  stiff  knee- 
joint  in  the  other  leg,  but  otherwise  as  good 
as  new.  His  fortitude,  iridominatable  will, 
and  other  character  assets  became  known  to 
hospital  authorities  during  his  long  period  of 
hospitalization,  and  when  a  vacancy  occurred 
on  the  hospital  elevator  operators''  staff  short- 
ly after  his  discharge  as  a  patient,  Mr. 
Thompson  was  offered  the  position.  That  was 
thirty  years   ago   this  fall. 

Makes  Plaster  Bandages 

Something  more  than  fifteen  years  ago,  the 
hospital  undertook  to  have  plaster  bandages 
made  here  instead  of  buying  the  more  ex- 
pensive  ready-made  bandaging.  But  surgeons 
didn't  like  the  home-made  ones  and  the 
project  was  about  to  be  abandoned  when 
someone  asked  Mr.  Thompson  if  he  would 
like  to  put  in  a  few  extra  hours  each  week 
for  extra  pay,  and  try  his  hand  as  a  plaster- 
bandage  maker.  He  made  good  from  the  start 
and  for  fifteen  years  all  of  the  plaster 
bandages  used  in  Presbyterian  Hospital  have 
been  made  hy  Mr.  Thompson,  to  whom  this 
task  partakes  of  the  nature  of  service  to  his 
fcllowmcn  by  one  who  never  forgets  the  part 
that  plaster  played  in  mending  his  own  crip- 
pled  condition   thirty   years   ago. 

In  his  dual  job  as  elevator  operator  and 
plaster-bandage  maker,  Mr.  Thompson  is  a 
striking  example  of  how  one  may  rise  above 
physical  handicaps  and  by  looking  out  and 
beyond  himsell  live  a  useful  and  satisfying  life. 
His  efficient  service  and  his  loyal  interest  in 
the   hospital   as  an   institution   through    nearly 


FIRST  RADIO 


Charles  W .  Thompson,  hospital  employe 
for  nearly  30  years,  demonstrates  "tuning 
in"  on  the  first  radio  used  in  Presbyterian 
Hospital.  It  is  a  Federal  Crystal  set  and 
was  bought  in  1921  by  Ben  Camp,  switch- 
board operator.  The  first  station  heard  was 
the  Zenith  Radio  Corporation  in  the  Drake 
Hotel,  the  only  radio  station  in  Chicago  at 
that   time. 

After  using  it  for  a  few  months,  Mr.  Camp 
sold  it  to  Sam  Knudsen,  hospital  purchasing 
agent,  who  in  turn  sold  it  to  Mr.  Thompson 
in  1923.  Mr.  Thompson  used  it  until  1932, 
when  he  bought  an  up-to-date  radio  receiv- 
ing set.  The  old  crystal  set  still  works  but 
as  always  requires  much  concentrated  effort 
to  keep  it  "tuned  in."  The  last  important 
broadcast  heard  by  Mr.  Thompson  oyer  this 
set  was  the  1932  Democratic  convention  in 
the  Chicago  stadium. 

Anent  the  first  radio  used  here,  readers 
may  be  interested  in  learning  that  the  hospi- 
tal offers  a  radio  rental  service  to  patients  on 
a  very  reasonable  basis.  The  radio  depart- 
ment is  in  charge  of  Austin  Howland,  who 
also  serves  patients  as  the  hospital  newspaper 
and  magazine  agent. 


FIVE    DOCTORS   SIGNERS 

OF   DECLARATION   OF 

INDEPENDANCE 


Dr.   Benjamin  Rush  In  Group 


Dr.  Benjamin  Rush  of  Philadelphia, 
for  whom  Rush  Medical  College  was 
named,  was  one  of  five  physicians  who 
signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

Dr.  Rush  was  one  of  the  best  known 
American  physicians  of  his  day.  He 
wrote  the  first  American  text  on  chemist- 
ry, published  in  1770  and,  when  ap- 
pointed professor  of  chemistry  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Philadelphia  in  1769,  filled  the 
first  such  chair  established  in  any  college 
in  the  colonies.  He  was  a  lecturer  at 
the  University  of  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1780  and,  when  the  two  schools 
were  merged  in  1792,  he  became  profes- 
sor of  the  institute  of  medicine  and  clini- 
cal practice. 

A  pioneer  worker  in  the  field  of  experi- 
mental physiology  Dr.  Rush  wrote  the  first 
paper  in  America  on  cholera  infantum,  and 
was  the  first  physician  to  recognize  focal  in- 
fection of  the  teeth.  He  also  did  outstand- 
ing research  in  psychiatry.  He  was  greatly 
concerned  about  the  condition  of  the  poor, 
had  a  large  charity  practice,  and  in  1786 
established  the  first  free  dispensary  in  this 
country.  Following  his  participation  the  Con- 
tinental Congress,  Dr.  Rush  was  a  member 
of  the  Pennsylvania  convention  which  ratified 
the  Constitution,  and  was  treasurer  of  the 
U.  S.  mint  from  1797  to  1813.  He  joined 
with  Benjamin  Franklin  and  others  in  the 
movement  for  free  schools,  was  a  founder  and 
first  trustee  of  Dickinson  College,  and  a 
leader  in  the  first  anti-slavery  and  temperance 
societies. 

Dr.  Daniel  Brainard,  founder  of  Rush  Med- 
ical College  in  1837,  came  from  Philadelphia, 
hence  it  is  not  surprising  that  he  should  name 
the  school  for  the  distinguished  Philadelphia 
physician  and  patriot. 


three  decades  have  won  appreciation  from  the 
management  and  the  regard  of  fellow  em- 
ployes. 

Ton   of   Plaster    in    1938 

Owing  to  the  great  increase  in  the  number 
of  fracture  cases  cared  for  in  the  hospital,  and 
the  more  extensive  use  of  plaster  casts  in  the 
treatment  of  fractures  and  in  the  correction 
of  orthopedic  defects  and  deformities,  the 
quantity  of  plaster  bandages  used  in  the  hos- 
pital has  increased  from  year  to  year.  Last 
year  it  took  a  ton  of  plaster  to  make  5,000 
yards  of  plaster  bandaging,  utilized  by  hospi- 
tal surgeons — twice  the  quantity  used  five 
years  ago. 

Plaster  bandages  arc  made  by  pressing  dry 
plaster  of  paris  into  the  mesh  of  white  crino- 
line. Bandages  arc  five  yards  long  and  ol 
varying  widths — eight,  six,  five,  four,  and 
three  inches.  The  crinoline  comes  in  rolls  of 
100  yards.  The  bandages  are  rolled  hy  hand 
.is  the  material  is  drawn  through  a  device 
which  contains  a  quantity  of  dry  plaster.  This 
process  presses  the  plaster  into  the  mesh  ol 
the  crinoline  and  there  is  a  real  art  to  tin- 
task,  as  the  amount  which  clings  to  the  crino- 
line must  he  fairly  uniform.  After  each  five- 
yard     length     ol     plaster-covered     crinoline     is 


rolled  and  cut  off,  it  is  wrapped  in  oiled 
paper  and  the  bandages  are  stored  in  a 
moisture  proof  cupboard  until  needed  in  the 
operating  room  to  replenish  the  daily  supply. 

How  Bandaging  Is  Applied 

When  a  plaster  cast  is  to  be  applied,  the 
bandage  rolls  are  removed  from  the  oiled 
paper  wrapping  and  dipped  one  at  a  time  in 
water  by  the  nurse,  who  presses  some  of  the 
water  out  before  handing  the  bandage  to  the 
surgeon,  who  applies  it  layer  on  layer,  using 
as  many  rolls  of  bandage  as  are  needed  for 
the  particular  type  of  cast.  The  plaster  sets 
in  12  to  1  1  minutes,  so  everyone  must  work 
quickly.  Should  the  bandages  contain  more 
plaster  in  some  spots  than  others  the  resulting 
cast  might  prove  wholly  unsatisfactory  from  a 
surgical  standpoint.  Having  these  bandages 
properly  made  in  the  hospital  effects  a  saving 
of  several  hundred  dollars  annually,  thereby 
enabling  the  hospital  to  do  more  charity  work 
of  this  kind  than  would  he  possible  if  ready- 
made   plaster  bandages  had  to  he  purchased. 

To  facilitate  the  constantly  enlarging  task 
of  making  plaster  bandages,  a  new  room  is 
being  fitted  up  to  be  used  exclusively  for  this 
purpose.  Up  to  now  Mr.  Thompson  has  done 
his  work   in   one   end  of   the   sterilizing  room, 


As  Others  See  Us 

Presbyterian  Hospital  received  some 
interesting  publicity  in  June  because  of 
maternity  department  events  involving 
the  families  of  special  writers  on  two 
Chicago  dailies.  Mrs.  Robert  Faherty, 
who  as  Adeline  Fitzgerald  is  society 
editor  of  the  Chicago  Evening  American, 
wrote  her  "Monday  Memos"  for  June  19 
from  her  hospital  room  on  the  seventh 
floor  after  having  a  given  birth  to  a  love- 
ly baby  daughter  here  a  few  days  pre- 
vious. It  was  a  hospital  nursery  gossip 
column  that  day  not  only  because  the 
writer  was  a  maternity  patient  but  be- 
cause her  neighbors  in  that  department 
just  then  included  several  well-known 
socialites — Mrs.  Bayne  O'Brien,  daughter- 
in-law  of  Howard  Vincent  O'Brien  of 
the  Daily  News  "All  Things  Consid- 
ered" column;  Mrs.  Bentley  G.  McCloud, 
Jr.  of  Glencoe,  and  Mrs.  Alexander  Gray 
Frost  of  Hinsdale. 

In  one  paragraph  the  American  column 
said:  "All  news  is  baby  news  here  on  the 
seventh  floor,  and  every  baby  is  news,  as 
exciting  as  if  he  hadn't  been  preceded  by 
more  than  17,000  others  pretty  much  like 
him  (to  the  casual  eye).  In  the  fifty-six 
years  of  its  existence,  Presbyterian  Hospital 
has  assisted  37,261  babies  into  the  world,  in- 
cluding those  cared  for  by  the  Out-patient 
service.  More  than  27,000  were  born  under 
this  roof." 

Another  paragraph  discussed  what  "they" 
are  wearing  in  the  "Stork  Club,"  describing 
the   latest  styles  in  bed  jackets. 

Mrs.  Faherty's  new  baby  girl  is  her  second 
daughter,  the  first  having  been  born  in  this 
hospital  in    193  5. 

"All  Things  Considered" 

Howard  Vincent  O'Brien  left  it  to  the 
society  editors  to  announce  the  birth  here  of 
his  twin  grandaughters,  but  devoted  his  "All 
Things  Considered"  column  in  the  News  of 
June  23,  to  an  "advertisement"  about  the 
hospital  and  its  staff.  Among  other  things 
he  wrote: 

"This  is  an  advertisement,  and  a  rather 
strange  one;  for  nobody  will  want  the  bill  of 
goods  it  pushes. 

It's  an  advertisement  for  a  hospital — the 
Presbyterian,  to  be  precise.  The  outside  of 
this  establishment  leaves  something  to  be  de- 
sired in  the  way  of  charm;  and  even  the 
inside  is  lacking  in  the  sort  of  scenery  I  would 
pick  for  a  vacation.  But  there  is  something 
about  the  place,  not  to  be  expressed  in  terms 
of  brick  or  hardware — an  atmosphere:  and  I 
don't  mean  that  rich  and  fruity  flavor  of  ether, 
disinfectant  and  aging  flowers  that  greets  the 
nostrils  of  one  who  visits  a  hospital. 

"What  I  am  trying  to  say  is  that  this  insti- 
tution has  a  soul.  It  must  be  the  lengthened 
shadow  of  some  man:  and  I  wonder  who 
he  is." 


STERILE  SUPPLY  ROOM  STAFF 

Mrs.  Anna  Lake,  head  of  this  department 
has  been  employed  here  for  1 5  years.  Her 
assistants  are:  Mrs.  Essie  Sargent,  Miss  Agnes 
Fitzgerald,  Mrs.  Isabelle  McGuire,  Miss  Clara 
Lloyd,  Miss  Bessie  Krall,  Mrs.  Cynthia  Frank- 
lin and  Miss  Mary  Cawley. 


PREPARING  DRESSINGS  FOR  PATIENTS 


HERE'S    WHAT   IT    TAKES! 

Fifty    100-yard    bolts    of    new    gauze 
made  into  bandages,  dresings,  etc.  each 
week   in   the   sterile   supply   room    total 
2,600  bolts  or  260,000  yards  annually. 
Articles  made  daily   include: 
1,000   hypo  sponges 
400   Lewis  dressings   (18x18  in.) 
200   small  dressings   (4x4  in.  when 

folded) 
200  yards  of  gauze   made  up   into 
various     other     dressings     and 
bandage  rolls. 

Adhesive   supplies   used    annually  in- 
clude: 

3  5  5    cartons    of    adhesive,    assorted 
widths   from    '/j    in.    to    3    in., 
each     carton     containing     the 
equivalent  of   10  yards  of   12- 
m.   adhesive — a  total  of   3,550 
yards   in   the   3  55   cartons 
62  5   yards  of  waterproof  adhesive, 
12  inches  wide 
Celluwipe   tissues   come   in   boxes   of 
136  each.    In  1938,  26,600  boxes  were 
purchased. 


The  laws  of  humanity  make  it  a  duty  for 
nations,  as  well  as  individuals,  to  succor  those 
whom  accident  and  distress  have  throw  upon 
them. — Thomas  Jefferson 


In  the  top  picture,  student  nurses  are 
shown  "picking"  washed  gauze  under  the  di- 
rection of  Mrs.  Essie  Sargent,  right.  After 
the  gauze  is  stretched  by  hand,  it  is  placed 
on  stretchers,  one  of  which  is  shown  at  the 
right.  Students  are,  left  to  right:  Clarice 
Banke,  Mary  Jane  Deuth,  Esther  Mont- 
gomery, and  Annabeth   Thomas. 

At  the  left,  Miss  Agnes  Fitzgerald  is  shown 
preparing  4x4-in.  folded  dressings  of  nen 
gauze.  These  are  wrapped  in  brown  paper, 
sterilized  and  kept  wrapped  until  used  for 
patients. 

RECLAIMED    GAUZE    USED 
FOR    VARIOUS    PURPOSES 

Another  interesting  activity  is  the  prepar- 
ing of  washed  gauze  in  a  room  set  aside  for 
that  purpose.  This  reclaimed  gauze  is  prefer- 
able to  new  gauze  for  certain  purposes  be- 
cause it  is  much  softer,  and  its  use  also  effects 
a  considerable  saving  to  the  hospital.  Gauze 
dressings  that  are  not  badly  soiled  are  washed 
antiseptically  in  the  laundry  and  sent  to  the 
washed  gauze  room.  Four  employed  workers 
assisted  by  student  nurses  "pick"  the  clean 
gauze,  pulling  and  smoothing  it  out  by  hand, 
after  which  it  is  placed  on  stretchers.  The 
stretched  squares  of  gauze  are  placed  in  small 
bags  and  sent  to  the  sterilizer,  3  5  to  60  bags 
containing  50  pieces  each,  being  repared  daily. 
By  this  process  the  reclaimed  gauze  is  as 
sterile  as  new  gauze  and  is  especially  useful 
for    warm    wet   dressings. 

Salvage  Worn   Linens 

Squares  of  cloth  salvaged  from  worn  sheets, 
pillow  slips,  night  gowns  and  other  worn 
linens  are  used  to  wrap  most  of  the  articles 
prepared  for  sterilizing,  pieces  of  suitable  size 
being  torn  or  cut  from  the  worn  articles. 
This  salvaging  is  done  in  the  sterile  supply 
room.  Narrow  and  ragged  pieces  that  are 
left-over  are  sent  to  the  engine  room  to  be 
used  for  cleaning,  as  are  also  the  narrow 
strips  cut  from  the  double  edges  of  new  gauze 
in   making   dressings. 


Life  is  not  so  short  but  there  is  always  room 
for  courtesy. — Emerson 


House  Staff  Changes 

Residents  who  completed  their  service 
July  1,   1939  were: 

Dr.   Erhard  R.  W.   Fox,   Surgery 

Dr.   Ray     F.     Cochrane,     Obstetrics     and 

Gynecology 
Dr.    Raymond  Hedin,   Urology 
Dr.   Wesley  H.   Anderson,  Pediatrics 
Dr.   David   E.    Brown,   Otolaryngology. 

Those   who  completed  internships  on 
July  1,  were: 

Dr.    Richard   H.   Owens 
Dr.   Ralph   E.  Hibbs 
Dr.   Walter   F.    Schamber 
Dr.  Albert  Reaven 
Dr.    Charles   E.   Muhleman 

New  members  of  the  resident  staff  are : 


Dr.   Francis   M.   Lyle,    Surgery 

Dr.   Richard     Hausmann,     Obstetrics 

Gynecology 
Dr.   Gustav  S.   Link,  Urology 
Dr.  John  T.  Mason,   Pediatrics 
Dr.   O.    S.   Blum,   Otolaryngology 
Dr.    Wendell   B.   Butner,   Ophthalmology 

New  interns  ■  on  the  house  staff  are : 
Dr.  Jacob  F.   Lutz, 
Dr.  John   R.   Ong,  Jr. 
Dr.  Frederick  W.   Preston 
Dr.  Frederick  M.   Kriete 
Dr.   Eugene  A.   Stack 


nd 


Hospital   Librarian  Returns 

Miss  Selma  M.  Lindem  resumed  her 
duties  as  librarian  in  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital, Monday,  July  3,  after  a  six-month 
leave  of  absence  during  which  she  organ- 
ized a  central  library  project  for  hospi- 
tals in  New  York  City,  sponsored  by  the 
Junior  League.  In  addition  to  the  central 
library  accummulated  and  catalogued 
under  her  direction,  Miss  Lindem  devel- 
oped plans  for  volunteer  service  in  a 
number  of  hospitals  under  Junior  League 
auspices,  assisted  in  organising  or  re- 
organizing library  service  in  ten  hospitals 
and  made  a  survey  of  library  service  in 
29  hospitals  in  cooperation  with  the 
United  Hospital  Fund  of  New  York. 
Volunteers  received  training  at  an  inten- 
sive course  conducted  under  Miss  Lin- 
dem's  direction  and  through  experience 
in  assisting  at  the  central  library  and  do- 
ing work  in  various  hospitals. 

While  in  New  York,  Miss  Lindem  was 
called  upon  to  address  the  Columbia  Uni- 
versity Library  School,  New  Jersey  Col- 
lege for  Women,  the  Greater  New  York 
Hospital  Association,  the  women's  activi- 
ties division  of  the  United  Hospital  Fund 
and  various  other  groups. 

During  Miss  Lindem's  absence,  Mrs. 
Virginia  Bonnici  served  efficiently  as 
librarian  here  and  left  Chicago  July  2,  for 
Alexandria,  Egypt,  where  her  husband 
will   practice  medicine. 


Dr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Bassoc  will  attend  the 
Inli  i  national  Neurological  Congress  in  Copen- 
hagen,   Denmark,   in    August. 


3n  mpmoriam 


William  W.  Meloy 
1873-1939 

Dr.  William  W.  Meloy,  Chicago  physician, 
died  June  24,  1939  at  the  Washington  Blvd. 
Hospital  following  a  long  illness.  Son  of  the 
Rev.  William  T.  Meloy,  DD.,  he  was  born 
in  Cadiz,  O.,  June  28,  1873,  coming  here 
with  his  parents  in  1875.  His  father  was 
pastor  of  the  First  United  Presbyterian 
Church  more  than  forty  years. 

Dr.  Meloy  was  graduated  from  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College  in  1894,  and  from 
Rush  Medical  College  in  1897.  After  serv- 
ing an  internship  in  Presbyterian  Hospital,  he 
studied  in  Vienna  and  London.  He  opened 
offices  at  31  N.  State  St.  as  an  ear,  nose  and 
throat  specialist,  remaining  at  the  same  ad- 
dress until  his  retirement  in    193  5. 

Mrs.  Clara   Burnham  Woodyatt 
1850-1939 

Mrs.  Clara  Burnham.  Woodyatt,  mother  of 
Dr.  Rollin  T.  Woodyatt  of  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital  Medical  Staff,  died  at  the  home  of 
her  son  in  Evanston,  July  24,  aged  89  years. 
She  was  a  sister  of  D.  H.  Burnham,  Sr.,  noted 
architect  and  originator  of  the  Chicago  Plan. 
Mr.  Burnham  died  in  1912. 

Clara  Burnham  was  born  in  Henderson,  N. 
Y.  in  1850  and  came  to  Chicago  with  her 
parents  long  before  the  fire  of  1871.  She  was 
a  leader  in  music  activities,  and  originated  the 
Thomas  concert  classes  in  cooperation  with 
the  late  Theodore  Thomas,  orchestra  con- 
ductor, enabling  thousands  of  music  lovers  to 
become  better  acquainted  with  the  classics. 

Surviving  are  her  son,  Dr.  Woodyatt,  and 
a  sister,  Mrs.  John  Goddard  of  Newtonvillc, 
Mass. 


Exhibit   Dionne  Incubator 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Sharp  &  Smith, 
Presbyterian  Hospital  was  the  first  Chicago 
institution  to  exhibit  the  incubator  which  is 
credited  with  having  saved  the  lives  of  three, 
if  not  all,  of  the  Dionne  quints.  Set  up  in 
the  main  entrance  lobby  on  July  21,  the 
incubator  remained  on  exhibit  here  until 
August  1,  proving  of  great  interest  to  hund- 
reds of  visitors,  patients  and  hospital  per- 
sonnel. 

There  was  no  electricity  in  Callander,  Ont. 
when  the  astonished  Dr.  Allan  Dafoe  assisted 
the  five  tiny  mites  of  humanity  into  the 
world.  So  when  Sharp  6?  Smith,  surgical 
supply  dealers  in  Chicago,  found  in  their 
warehouse  an  incubator  which  could  be 
heated  by  filling  a  tank  with  hot  water  at 
intervals,  the  Chicago  American  agreed  to 
rush  it  to  the  Dionne  home  in  Callander 
where  it  was  used  during  the  first  critical  days 
and  weeks  before  more  modern  equipment 
was  made  available  in  the  Dafoe  nursery, 
erected   by   the    Canadian   government. 

While  larger  than  most  box-type  incubators, 
the  Sharp  ii  Smith  model  afforded  space  for 
only  three  of  the  quints,  hut  all  of  them  used 
it  through  a  system  of  rotation  based  on  the 
needs  of  each.  The  tank  in  the  bottom  of  the 
incubator  holds  three  quarts  of  water  and  is 
equipped  with  a  faucet  for  running  the  water 
Off  when  a  new  supply  ol  hot  water  is 
needed.  A  wet  sponge  near  the  top  in  one 
end  provides  humidity.  A  small  opening  near 
the  bottom  admits  fresh  air,  while  a  ventilator 
in    the   top   provides   an   exit   for  used   air. 


MEDICAL  STAFF  NEWS 

Dr.  W.  O.  Thompson  was  the  speaker  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Berrien  County  Medical  So- 
ciety at  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  July  13.  His 
topic  was  "Treatment  with  Male  Sex  Hor- 
mones." 

In  an  article  on  "Breast  Feeding  fori 
Babies"  in  the  June  issue  of  Readers'  Dig< 
Dr.  Alexis  Carrell,  noted  scientist  and  physi- 
ologist, quotes  figures  from  a  study  made  in 
Chicago  by  Dr.  Clifford  G,  Grulee,  head  of 
our  pediatric  staff.  In  this  study  of  20,000 
children,  Dr.  Grulee  found  that  mortality  of 
those  who  had  been  artificially  fed  babies  was 
ten  times  greater  than  among  those  who  had 
been  breast-fed.  Sixty-four  percent  of  the 
artificially-fed  babies  were  affected  with  dis- 
eases of  the  lungs,  throat,  and  stomach  dur- 
ing the  first  year,  while  only  37  percent  of 
the  breast-fed  babies  were  so  affected,  Dr. 
Grulee   found. 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF   THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 
1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET        CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 

Telephone:   Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN     McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-Preside 

SOLOMON    A.    SM ITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS Secretary 

FRED   S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.  Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.    John     Timothy 
John  B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.  Forgan,  Jr.  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albert  D.  Farwell  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Alfred  E.   Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles  H.   Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.  Harrison    Ray   Anderson,   D.D. 

Rev.  Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 

Rev.  Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 

Rev.  W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 

VERNON    C.    DAVID,    M.D President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,  B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST     E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director   Emeritus 

MAY    L.    RUSSELL Dean    and    Acting    Director 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown    Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

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TRANSFUSIONS  SAVE  LIVES 

AND  RESTORE  MANY 

TO  HEALTH 

Funds  Needed  for  This  Work 

During  the  last  six  months  a  total  of 
274  blood  transfusions  were  given  to  pa 
tients  in  Presbyterian  Hospital,  an  aver 
age  of  one  blood  transfusion  every  15.8 
hours.  The  giving  of  these  274  transfu 
sions  required  the  typing  and  cross 
matching  of  more  than  1,500  blood 
samples.  It  often  is  necessary  to  type  and 
cross-match  the  blood  of  several  prospec- 
tive volunteer  donors  in  order  to  find  one 
donor  whose  blood  is  suitable. 

Professional  Donors  Available 

Just  a  pint  or  two  of  good  blood  trans- 
fused into  the  veins  of  a  person  some- 
times means  the  difference  between  life 
and  death.  Often  one  or  more  blood 
transfusions  bring  quicker  recovery  from 
an  operation  or  an  illness.  Frequently  pa- 
tients are  unable  to  obtain  a  volunteer 
donor.  This  is  particularly  true  in  emer- 
gency cases  in  which  the  transfusion  must 
be  given  without  delay.  For  this  reason 
the  hospital  laboratory  keeps  on  file  a  list 
of  at  least  145  donors  whose  blood  has 
been  typed  and  who  have  otherwise  quali- 
fied as  prospective  blood  donors.  A 
majority  of  these  are  students  in  nearby 
professional  schools.  All  types  of  blood 
are  represented  in  this  group  and  donors 
are  available  on  short  notice.  However, 
these  professional  donors  must  be  paid 
when  called  upon  to  provide  blood  trans- 
fusions, and  frequently  the  patient  whose 
life  must  be  safeguarded  by  this  proce- 
dure lacks  the  necessary  funds. 

Fund  Aids  Needy  Patients 

Through  the  Blood  Transfusion  Fund, 
started  by  Mrs.  E.  R.  LeCount  in  1935 
by  a  gift  of  $1,000  in  memory  of  her 
husband,  Dr.  LeCount,  many  free  blood 
transfusions  have  been  provided  for 
needy  patients.  Miss  Gracia  M.  F.  Barn- 
hart  contributed  $500  to  this  Fund  in 
memory  of  her  parents  and  small  dona- 


PROSPECTIVE  BLOOD  DONOR 


The  young  man  in 
the  picture  is  offering 
to  give,  not  his  life, 
but  some  of  his  life's 
blood  for  another, 
whose  life  literally  may 
be  saved  by  a  blood 
transfusion.  The  labo- 
ratory technician  has 
just  drawn  a  small 
sample  of  blood  for 
typing  and  cross- 
matching with  that  of 
the  prospective  reci- 
pient. 


tions  have  been  received  from  others.  At 
the  present  time  the  Fund  is  exhausted 
and  donations  in  any  amount  will  be 
gratefully  received.  Transfusions  pro- 
vided by  this  Fund  have  saved  the  lives 
of  several  patients  and  have  been  the 
means  of  restoring  these  and  other  pa- 
tients to  health  and  usefulness. 

Results  Are  Gratifying 

One  elderly  man  who  had  been  a  patient 
in  the  hospital  for  seven  different  periods 
and  who  had  been  able  to  pay  a  consid- 
erable portion  of  the  charges  for  this  care 
lacked  the  means  to  pay  a  professional 
donor  when  his  critical  condition  made  a 
blood  transfusion  imperative.  The  trans- 
fusion was  provided  and  the  patient  was 
later  discharged  from  the  hospital  much 
improved  in  health. 

Another  beneficiary  of  the  Fund  was  a 
young  man  from  a  nearby  suburb,  who 
with  the  assistance  of  his  parents  paid  the 
ward  rate  for  hospital  care  in  a  long  and 
serious  illness  but  was  unable  to  pay  for 
the  services  of  a  professional  blood  donor 
when  a  sudden  hemorrhage  made  a  trans- 
fusion necessary.  He  was  later  discharged 
in  improved  health. 


The  Fund  has  been  drawn  upon  to 
provide  transfusions  for  several  emer- 
gency patients  admitted  to  the  obstetrical 
department,  some  of  these  being  brought 
in  through  the  Out-Patient  Obstetrical 
Department.  The  Fund  also  was  drawn 
upon  to  provide  transfusions  for  several 
patients  referred  by  the  Community  Fund 
and  the  Chicago  Relief  Administration. 
The  special  rate  paid  by  these  agencies 
does  not  cover  extras  such  as  laboratory 
work  and  blood  transfusions  by  profes- 
sional donors. 

Many  Free  Typings  Done 

In  addition  to  providing  professional 
donors,  the  hospital  is  called  upon  to 
furnish  a  large  amount  of  free  laboratory 
work  for  needy  patients  who  are  thereby 
enabled  to  obtain  volunteer  donors.  One 
young  woman,  referred  as  a  free  emer- 
gency patient  by  the  Out-Patient  Ob- 
stetrical Department,  had  the  blood  of 
nineteen  prospective  donors  typed  m 
order  to  obtain  seven  volunteer  donors  for 
a  series  of  blood  transfusions  which  were 
imperative  following  the  birth  of  a  still- 
born infant.  The  young  woman  now  is 
in  good  health. 

(Continued  on  Page  3,  Col.  3) 


TRANSFUSIONS  GIVEN  BY 

DIRECT  AND  INDIRECT 

METHODS  HERE 


Rigid  Asepsis  is  Essential 

The  giving  of  blood  transfusions  re- 
quires skilful  surgical  technique  and  rigid 
aseptic  procedures  similar  to  those  fol- 
lowed in  other  types  of  surgical  work. 
Both  the  direct  and  indirect  methods  of 
transfusing  are  used  in  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital. 

Direct  transfusions  are  done  in  the 
operating  room  and  require  a  team  com- 
posed of  a  surgeon,  three  interns,  and  two 
nurses.  The  "multiple  syringe"  method 
is  used.  This  method  utilizes  a  number  of 
syringes  successively.  The  donor  lies  near 
the  patient  and  the  blood  is  drawn  from 
a  vein  in  his  arm  into  a  syringe  which 
holds  about  100  cubic  centimeters.  The 
syringe  is  disconnected  from  the  donor 
before  the  blood  is  transfused  into  the 
vein  of  the  patient,  while  a  second  syringe 
is  being  filled  with  blood  drawn  from  the 
donor's  vein.  The  procedure  is  continued 
until  the  desired  amount  of  blood  is  given 
to  the  patient  —  usually  500  cubic  centi- 
meters or  approximately  one  pint  for 
adults  and  smaller  amounts  for  children. 

Indirect  Transfusions 

The  indirect  method  is  used  when  it 
is  desired  to  give  transfusions  at  the  bed- 
side. It  also  is  used  in  cases  where  blood 
from  a  donor  is  to  be  given  later  to  a 
recipient.  The  efficiency  of  this  method 
has  been  greatly  improved  recently  by  the 
use  of  new  apparatus.  The  blood  is  drawn 
from  the  donor  into  a  vacuum  flask  in 
which  the  manufacturer  has  sealed  a  small 
amount  of  citrate  solution  to  prevent  the 
coagulation  which  would  otherwise  occur. 
The  blood  is  usually  given  to  the  patient 
within  a  few  minutes  after  being  drawn 
but  can  be  preserved  in  a  cool  place  for 
approximately  ten  days,  if  desired. 

When  giving  the  blood  to  the  patient  a 
"Y"  shaped  tube  is  used,  to  the  stem  of  which 
is  attached  a  hollow  needle.  One  arm  ol  the 
"Y"  is  attached  to  a  flask  of  clear  fluid  ap- 
proximating the  osmotic  pressure  of  human 
blood.  The  other  arm  of  the  "Y"  is  attached 
to  the  flask  of  blood  to  be  given  the  patient. 
A  clamp  on  the  arm  of  the  "Y"  connecting  the 
clear  fluid  is  opened,  allowing  this  fluid  to  fill 
the  tubing  and  expelling  all  air  therefrom.  The 
needle  is  then  inserted  into  the  vein,  fixed 
firmly  in  place  with  adhesive  tape,  and  the 
clear  fluid  is  allowed  to  run  in.  When  the 
operator  is  certain  that  the  clear  fluid  is  going 
into  the  vein  and  not  under  the  skin,  and 
that  there  is  no  air  in  the  tubing,  the  clamp 
controlling  the  clear  fluid  is  closed,  while  the 
Clamp  controlling  the  blood  is  opened,  allow- 
ing blood    to  enter  the   patient's   vein. 

May  Give  Other  Fluids 

When  all  the  blood  has  been  given  to  the 
patient,  the  remainder  of  the  clear  fluid  may 
be  allowed  to  enter  the  patient's  vein  in  order 
to  (lush  any  remaining  blood  out  of  the  tub 
ing  and  at   the  same  time  compensate   for  any 


A   Thought 

Here,    on    this    hilltop 
Rippling  with  green, 
Here  I  will   rest  myself 
Here,  reign  supreme. 
Go   hac\  to   your  cities, 
Tour  buildings   of  stone; 
]ust   give   me   God's   heaven, 
A  soft  breeze  —  'tis  home. 
Arid  here  I'm  contented — 
Just   leave  me  alone. 
-Shirley  Borchardt.  Student  Nurse 


EXISTENCE  OF  FOUR  BLOOD 

TYPES   WAS    DISCOVERED 

WITHIN  LAST  40  YEARS 


Although  blood  transfusions  were  attempted 
as  early  as  four  centuries  ago,  their  effective 
use  has  been  possible  only  since  the  discovery, 
less  than  forty  years  ago,  that  four  distinct 
"isoagglutinin"  groups  or  types  of  blood  arc 
found  in  human  beings  and  that  one  type 
cannot  be  mixed  with  another  successfully.  It 
also  was  found  that  blood  of  the  same  type 
from  two  different  persons  does  not  always 
prove  compatible.  With  this  knowledge,  the 
development  of  laboratory  procedures  for  the 
accurate  typing  and  cross-matching  of  blood, 
and  improvement  in  apparatus  and  methods 
for  giving  transfusions,  severe  reactions  now 
occur  rarely.  Medical  science  has  thus  acquired 
an  extremely  valuable  weapon  with  which  to 
combat  disease   and  safeguard  human  life. 


NEW  SECRETARY 

Miss  Bernice  Breede  is  the  new  secretary 
in  the  superintendent's  office,  filling  the  vacan- 
cy created  by  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Alice 
Wiborg  Becker,  who  has  held  the  position 
since  July,  1938.  Prior  to  that  date  Mrs. 
Becker  was  secretary  in  the  pathology  labo- 
ratory for  nine  years.  Her  husband,  Dr.  Harold 
Becker,  graduated  from  Loyola  University 
School  of  Medicine  recently  and  will  serve  an 
internship  in  Denver  General  Hospital, 
Denver,  Colo. 


deficiency  in  fluid  that  the  patient  may  have. 
Additional  fluids  containing  various  amounts 
of  sugar,  salt,  and  minerals  necessary  for  the 
body  economy  may  be  attached  to  the  same 
apparatus  and  given  the  patient.  The  vacuum 
flask  which  contained  the  blood  is  destroyed. 

For  indirect  transfusions  the  blood  usually 
is  drawn  from  the  donor  in  an  operating  room 
or  other  room  affording  aseptic  surroundings. 
A  graduate  nurse  assists  the  doctor  both  m 
drawing  blood  from  the  donor  and  in  giving 
the  transfusion. 

Use  Sterile  Supplies 

Following  a  transfusion  the  apparatus  is 
washed  well  in  cold  water,  then  in  soap  and 
water.  It  is  rinsed  in  tap  water,  then  in 
distilled  water,  dried,  wrapped  and  sterilised. 
It  is  kept  wrapped  until  taken  out  for  use  in 
the  operating  room  or  at  the  bedside.  Imme- 
diately before  use,  the  prepared  apparatus  is 
rinsed  in  sterile  normal  salt  solution,  then  in 
a  sterile  2.5  percent  citrate  solution.  Sterile 
towels,   gauze  and   other  .supplies   arc   used. 

Giving  blood  lor  a  transfusion  is  in  no  way 
detrimental  to  a  healthy  donor.  He  should 
nst  for  an  hour  or  so  afterward  and  have 
some  light  nourishment,  such  as  a  glass  of  milk, 
lie  can  then  go  about  his  usual  duties  but 
should  avoid  strenuous  exercise  for  a  day  or 
two.  A  donor  usually  is  advised  not  to  give 
blood  for  a  transfusion  oftener  than  once  in 
three  months. 


NEW  DIRECTOR  BEGINS 

WORK  IN  SCHOOL  AND 

NURSING  DEPARTMENT 


Miss  Dorothy  Rogers  began  her  duties  on  l] 
Sept.  f  as  director  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospi- 
tal School  of  Nursing  and  nursing  service. 
She  succeeds  Miss  M.  Helena  McMillan  who 
retired  last  fall,  and  takes  over  the  responsi-  j 
bilities  carried  since  that  time  by  Miss  Mary  L. 
Russell  and  Miss  Harriet  Forrest. 

The  new  director  is  a  graduate  of  Welles- 
ley  College  and  Presbyterian  School  of  Nurs- 
ing. She  obtained  her  Master's  degree  in  nurs- 
ing school  administration  at  Teachers  College, 
Columbia  University,  and  has  filled  a  number 
of  administrative  and  teaching  positions  in 
other  institutions.  Since  193  5  she  has  been 
assistant  professor  of  nursing  education  at  the 
University  of  Chicago. 

Miss  Rogers  has  announced  that  the  new 
fall  class  will  enter  on  Oct.  1,  and  the  1939 
graduation  exercises  will  be  held  in  October, 
the  definite  date  not  having  been  decided 
as   yet. 


HOUSE  STAFF  CHANGES 

Dr.  R.  Lincoln  Kesler  will  complete  two 
years  service  as  resident  physician,  Sept.  1?, 
and  will  begin  private  practice  in  Oak  Park 
where  he  will  be  associated  with  Dr.  H.  M. 
Sheaff.  Dr.  Kesler  also  served  his  internship 
here  after  graduating  from  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege in  1936.  Dr.  William  C.  Mumler  will  be 
the  new  resident  physician. 

Dr.  Ralph  L.  High  completed  his  intern- 
ship on  Sept.  1,  and  began  service  as  a  resi- 
dent in  pathology,  taking  the  place  of  Dr. 
Henry  Halley,  Jr. 

New  interns  starting  Sept.  1  are  Dr.  Rene 
Hardre  and  Dr.  Victor  Kiarsis. 


STUDIES  500  TRANSFUSIONS 

Dr.  E.  H.  Fell,  formerly  resident  surgeon 
and  now  a  member  of  the  Surgical  Staff  of 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  made  a  study  of  500 
blood  transfusions  given  to  288  different  pa- 
tients in  this  hospital.  His  report  was  pre- 
sented before  several  professional  gatherings 
and  published  in  Surgery,  August  1938. 

This  study  revealed  that  342  of  the  500 
transfusions  were  given  to  patients  suffering 
from  secondary  anemia,  the  latter  condition 
resulting  from  various  causes.  Sixty-six  trans- 
fusions were  given  directly  after  prolonged 
operations,  36  for  shock,  30  for  primary 
enemias  and  26  in  cases  of  jaundice.  Of  the 
500  transfusions  given,  116  were  given  before 
operations  and  193  were  post-operative. 


BLOOD  TRANSFIXION  FUND 

(Continued  from  Page  1.  Col.  3) 
Many  other  cases  could  be  cited  in 
which  free  typings  have  been  done  on 
several  relatives  or  friends  in  order  to  find 
a  suitable  donor  tor  one  transfusion 
needed  by  a  free  or  part-pay  patient. 

The  Blood  Transfusion  Fund  is  drawn 
upon  only  when  a  volunteer  donor  is  not 
available  and  the  patient  lacks  means  to 
pay  a  professional  donor.  This  Fund 
affords  an  opportunity  to  help  the  less 
fortunate  in  a  specific  way  and  it  is 
hoped  that  more  donations  for  this  pur- 
pose will  be  forthocming. 


Antics  of  Blood  Cells  Reveal   Type  and  Compatibility 


Antics  of  blood  cells  as  viewed  through  the 
microscope  reveal  type  and  compatibility  to 
the  trained  eye  of  the  laboratory  techr 


BLOOD    TYPES    VARY    IN 

FAMILIES    BUT    ARE 

INHERITED 


Nos.  II  and  IV  Predominate 


While  scientists  have  found  that  blood 
types  occur  according  to  the  Mendelian 
lines  of  inheritance,  children  may  not 
have  the  same  type  as  that  of  either 
parent  and  all  four  types  may  be  found 
among  the  members  of  one  family. 

Extensive  studies  indicate  that  about 
45  percent  of  White  Americans  have 
Type  IV  blood,  42  percent  have  Type  II, 
and  the  rest  have  either  Type  I  or  III. 
These  percentages  vary  among  other  na- 
tionalities and  races  hut  there  is  no 
"agglutination"  difference  between  blood 
of  the  same  type  from  persons  of  different 
nationalities  or  races.  For  example,  a 
Type  IV  Negro  could  receive  compatible 
blood  from  a  Type  IV  White  person,  or 
vice  versa,  without  any  racial  effects  in 
the  recipient's  blood.  However,  it  is 
customary  to  observe  racial  lines  in  selec- 
tion  of  either  volunteer  or  professional 
donors. 

How  Typing   Is  Done 

To  determine  the  type  of  a  blood  sample, 
two  or  three  drops  are  first  placed  in  a  glass 
tube  containing  one  cubic  centimeter  of  sodium 
citrate  solution.  This  is  shaken  until  mixed 
thoroughly.  One  drop  of  this  mixture,  which 
is  called  "cell  suspension",  is  added  to  one 
drop  each  of  known  Type  If  and  Type  III 
blood  serum  placed  separately  on  a  micro- 
scopic slide.  When  viewed  through  the  micro- 
scope any  one  of  the  four  types  to  which  the 
sample  blood  belongs  can  be  determined  by 
the  manner  in  which  the  cells  mix  with 
samples  of  the  known  Type  II  and  Type  III 
scrums. 

When  a  donor  is  found  who  has  the  same 
type  of  blood  as  the  patient,  samples  of  blood 
from  each  are  then  "cross-matched"  for  com- 


The  centrifuge  machine,  pictured  above,  is 
used  to  separate  the  cells  from  the  serum,  in 
order  to  carry  through  compatibility  and 
other  tests  which  must  be  made  before  blood 
transfusions  can  be  given.  The  technician  is 
shown  placing  in  the  machine  two  centrifuge 
cups,  in  which  have  been  set  glass  tubes  con- 
taining blood  samples  from  donors  and  pa- 
tients. Cups  must  weigh  exactly  the  same  in 
order  to  balance  each  other  perfectly  so  that 
they  will  not  upset  during  the  "spinning"  at 
the  rate  of  1,200  revolutions  per  minute. 
Weight  is  tested  on  the  scales,  shown  on  a 
shelf  above  the  machine.  As  few  as  two  or 
as  many  as  eight  cups  can  be  placed  in  the 
machine  at  one  time.  It  requires  from  two  to 
five  minutes  of  spinning  to  separate  the  cells 
and  serum. 


patibility.  Recipients  are  typed  and  cross- 
matched before  each  transfusion  when  addi- 
tional transfusions  are  necessary. 

Other  Tests  Are  Made 

After  the  blood  of  a  donor  has  been  found 
to  be  the  same  type  as  that  of  the  patient  and 
compatible  with  the  patient's  blood,  Kahn  and 
Wassermann  tests  for  syphilis  are  done.  I! 
these  tests  are  positive  the  donor's  blood  can- 
not be  used.  Anyone  who  has  had  malaria 
also  is  ruled  out  as  a  donor.  The  malarial 
parasite  may  remain  in  the  blood  stream  inde- 
finitely and,  like  the  syphilis  organism,  can  be 
transmitted  in  a  transfusion. 

In  making  the  Kahn  test  the  serum,  after 
being  separated  from  the  blood  cells,  is  in- 
activated (heated)  in  a  water  bath,  and  then 
added  to  Kahn  antigen  which  has  been  placed 
in  varying  dilutions  in  three  test  tubes.  These 
tubes  are  set  in  a  rack  which  is  placed  on  the 
"shaking"  machine  to  mix  thoroughly  and  aid 
in  the  reaction  between  the  antigen  and  the 
scrum.  The  contents  of  the  tubes  are  further 
diluted  with  salt  solution  and  then  compared 
with  known  positive  and  known  negative 
samples  of  serum.  If  a  fine  granular  clumping 
is  revealed  in  the  serum  that  is  being  tested, 
the  reaction  is  positive  which  means  that  the 
person    has    syphilis.      The    Wassermann    test 


After  the  red  cells  have  been  separated  from 
the  serum  some  of  the  patient's  cells  are 
mixed  with  donor's  serum  and  vice  versa  on 
separate  sections  of  a  microscopic  slide,  which 
is  then  placed  in  a  covered  container  lined 
with  moist  paper.  After  20  to  30  minutes  the 
result  is  viewed  through  the  microscope.  If 
the  cells  have  arranged  themselves  in  an 
orderly  manner  in  the  serum,  compatibility 
is  indicated  but  if  they  clump  together  the 
blood  is  not  compatible.  However,  if  the 
donor's  cells  are  not  clumped  in  the  patient's 
serum  this  is  regarded  as  satisfactory  even 
though  the  patient's  cells  are  clumped  in  the 
donor's  serum. 


Graduated  glass  pipettes  are  used  in  mea- 
suring and  preparing  the  blood,  its  constitu- 
ents, and  various  solutions  for  typing,  cross- 
matching and  other  laboratory  tests.  In  the 
above  picture,  the  technician  is  using  a  twelve- 
inch  pipette  to  draw  from  a  test  tube  the 
correct  amount  of  blood  serum  for  a  Kahn 
test.  Additional  tubes  of  serum  to  be  used 
in  this  test  are  shown  in  the  rack  directly  in 
front  of  the  technician.  The  white  square  is 
a  record  card. 

Miss  Dorothy  Terdina  is  the  technician 
shown  at  work  in  these  laboratory  pictures. 


involves  different  and  more  complicated  proce- 
dures and  is  given  as  a  check  on  the  results 
of  the   Kahn  test. 

Blood  donors  should  be  in  good  general 
health  and  if  a  volunteer  donor  is  suspected 
of  being  under  par  a  blood  count  is  done. 


Will  Patient  Choose  His  Own  Doctor  and 

Hospital  in  the  World  of  Tomorrow  Setup? 

Scientists  of  many  countries  have  made  notable  contributions  to  the  advancement 
of  medical  knowledge,  and  governments  throughout  the  world  are  becomming  increas- 
ingly concerned  about  the  health  of  their  citizens.  These  are  two  of  the  outstanding 
impressions  one  gains  from  the  numerous  medical  and  health  exhibits  at  the  New  York 
World's  Fair. 

In  the  Medicine  and  Public  Health  Build- 
ing one  obtains  a  birdseye  view  of  the  vast 
knowledge  upon  which  man  now  may  draw 
to  conserve  his  health,  prevent  many  diseases, 
and  put  to  rout  disease  which  may  attack  him. 
In  many  of  the  foreign  buildings  scientific 
and  health  exhibits  call  attention  to  valuable 
contributions  to  medical  knowledge  by  scien- 
tists   and   institutions    of   those    countries. 


Recognition  of  health  as  a  popular  topic  is 
seen  m  the  exhibits  sponsored  by  manufactur- 
ers of  food,  household  utilities,  and  many 
other  articles.  One  whole  section  in  the  Gen- 
eral Electric  building  is  devoted  to  X-ray  and 
cancer  therapy.  Here  also  one  may  view  a 
motion  picture  which  illustrates  electrocardio- 
graphy, fever  therapy,  inductothermy  and 
electrosurgery.  People  stand  in  line  at  Gen- 
eral Motors  Building  to  see  the  "Futurama," 
winch  depicts  the  world  of  the  future  and 
here  also  one  finds  the  "Casino  of  Science," 
which  is  well  worth  seeing.  A  refrigerator 
company  has  an  exhibit  which  with  the  aid 
of  microscopes  "tells  all"  about  bacteria  whi'cJb 
cause  food  spoilage.  Numerous  other  com- 
mercial exhibits  take  cognizance  of  man's  in- 
terest in  his  health  and  offer  much  of  educa- 
tional value  along  this  line. 

The  increasingly  broad  participation  of  gov- 
ernment in  health  work  is  revealed  in  the 
exhibit  "Your  Health  Department  Protects 
Your  Family,"  sponsored  by  the  American 
Public  Health  Association  in  the  Medicine 
and  Public  Health  Building;  and  in  dioramas, 
charts,  murals,  and  sculptures  in  the  United 
States  Federal  Building  and  in  buildings  of 
several  states.    This  theme  also  dominates  the 


social  welfare  exhibits  featured  by  many  of 
the  foreign  nations.  Desirable  as  is  govern- 
mental participation  in  many  of  its  aspects, 
one  cannot  fail  to  note  the  world-wide  trend 
toward  regimentation  of  medical  service  and 
the  fact  of  its  present  existence  in  the  health 
activities  of  several  foreign  nations. 

The  world  of  today,  which  man  has  created 
through  technological  and  scientific  discovery 
and  invention,  is  a  world  in  which  much  is 
being  done  and  much  more  could  be  done 
to  safeguard  health  and  rout  disease.  The 
world  of  today  contains  a  vast  array  of  un- 
used knowledge  about  man  and  his  health. 
Research  is  constantly  adding  to  this  know- 
ledge, which  should  be  put  to  work  for  the 
benefit  of  everyone  in  the  World  of  To- 
morrow. 

The  American  way  to  do  it,  however,  is 
not  the  old-world  way  of  regimentation.  The 
American  wants  medical  and  hospital  care  in- 
surance in  his  World  of  Tomorrow  but  he 
also  wants  to  be  able  to  choose  his  doctor  and 
his  hospital  in  time  of  illness  or  accident.  This 
is  the  American  way,  for  in  America  indi- 
vidual liberty  is  prized  above  all  other  posses- 
sions. We  expect  government  to  curtail  this 
liberty  when  it  means  sanitation  for  all  and 
protection  against  contagion  and  infection. 
We  want  government  to  promote  health  educa- 
tion, sponsor  research,  and  care  for  the  mental- 
ly ill  and  the  indigent  in  so  far  as  this  may  be 
necessary.  But  we  do  not  want  to  pay  taxes 
or  compulsory  insurance  fees  on  any  basis  that 
will  not  permit  us  to  choose  our  own  doctors 
and  hospitals. 


SCIENCE,    THE   HEALER 


The  expressive  mural  by  Hildreth  Meier e,  pictured  above,  decorates  one  of  the  nails  of 
the  Medicine  and  Public  Health  Building  at  the  New  York  World's  Fair,  facing  Constitution 
Hall,  just  east  of  the  Theme  Plaza. 


WOULD  YOU  LIKE  COPIES? 

Patients  or  others  who  are  interested  in 
learning  more  about  the  various  departments 
of  the  hospital  may  obtain  back  numbers  of 
the  Bulletin  containing  detailed  descriptions 
of  the  following  departments:  maternity  and 
out-obstetrical  services,  prenatal  clinic,  care  of 
newborn  in  the  hospital,  how  patients'  medi- 
cal records  are  kept  and  their  value;  house- 
keeping department,  surgical  department,  pa- 
tients' library,  School  of  Nursing,  anesthesia, 
X-ray,  pharmacy,  electrocardiograph,  ophthal- 
mology (care  of  eyes  and  eye  surgery),  physi- 
cal and  occupational  therapy,  and  children's 
department.  State  subject  or  subjects  you  are 
interested  in  and  address  requests  to:  Editor 
Bulletin,  Presbyterian  Hospital,  1753  W. 
Congress  Street.  Back  numbers  of  the  Bulletin 
also  may  be  called  for  at  the  office  of  the 
superintendent. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,    ILLINOIS 
Telephone:    Seeley   7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS    Secretary 

FRED    S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip   R.  Clarke  Theodore   A.   Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.     John     Timothy 
John   B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.  Forgan  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albert  D.  Farwell  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Alfred   E.   Hamill  John   P.  Welling 

Charles  H.  Hamill  Edward   F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.  Harrison    Ray   Anderson,    D.D. 

Rev.  Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 

Rev.  Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 

Rev.  W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 

WILBER    E.    POST,    M.D President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL    Asst.    Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,   B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST    E.     IRONS President 


M.    HELENA    McMILLAN 
DOROTHY    ROGERS 


SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

...     Director    Emerih 
Directc 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence   Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of  J 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and   for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital. 


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BULLETDN 

MEMBER    AMERICAN     HOSPITAL    ASSOCIATION 


Chicago,  111. 


October,   1939 


Vol.   31,  No.  9 


SICK  CHILDREN  BENEFITED  BY  TAG  DAY  RECEIPTS 


Hospital    Will    Share    in    City 

Wide    Charity    Effort 

on    October    2 


Tag  Day  for  the  benefit  of  charitable 
work  done  for  children  by  50  Chicago 
agencies  will  be  observed  on  Monday, 
Oct.  2.  Presbyterian  Hospital  has  been 
assigned  126  collection  boxes  to  be  used 
on  eight  locations.  In  order  to  keep  these 
boxes  busy,  at  least  400  taggers  are 
needed  and  it  is  hoped  that  500  workers 
can  be  enlisted. 

Tag  Day  receipts  are  used  to  help  sup- 
port the  work  of  our  hospital  children's 
department,  where  last  year  779  sick 
children  were  cared  for  entirely  free. 
In  addition,  888  part-free  child  patients 
received  care  for  which  but  a  fraction  of 
the  cost  was  paid.  The  goal  set  for  this 
year  by  our  committee  is  $2,000. 

All  Taggers  Are  Volunteers 

Tag  Day  begins  at  6:00  A.M.  and 
continues  through  the  greater  part  of 
the  day.  For  this  reason  taggers  work  in 
relays,  relieving  each  other  at  intervals. 
The  main  requirements  for  a  Tag  Day 
worker  are  a  pleasant  smile,  earnestness 
and  perseverance.  Each  charitable  agen- 
cy participating  in  Tag  Day  has  some 
good  and  some  less  productive  locations, 
assignments  being  made  on  as  fair  a 
basis  as  possible  by  the  Children's  Benefit 
League  committee. 

Tag  Day  affords  an  opportunity  for 
thousands  to  contribute  who  would  not 
otherwise  be  reached  by  the  participating 
agencies,  and  all  contributions  go  direct- 
ly to  the  support  of  charitable  work  for 
children  as  all  taggers  are  volunteer 
workers. 

Taggers  for  Presbyterian  Hospital  were  pro- 
vided last  year  by  3  5  churches  and  it  is 
hoped  that  more  churches  will  be  represented 
this  year  in  this  project  which  means  so  much 
to  the  "least  of  these."    Those  willing  to  serve 


The  five-month  old  baby  in  the  above  pic- 
ture is  one  of  hundreds  who  have  received 
free  care  in  the  three  Tag  Day  Beds  on  our 
infants'  floor.  This  baby  was  seriously  ill  for 
several  weeks  and  was  about  to  be  discharged 
as  recovered  when  the  picture  was  taken. 

In  earlier  years  Tag  Day  receipts  were  put 
into  an  endowment  fund,  the  income  from 
which  is  used  to  support  our  Tag  Day  Beds. 
In  recent  years  the  money  collected  on  Tag 
Day  has  been  expended  currently  for  the 
support  of  free  work  in  our  children's  de- 
partment. 


as  taggers  for  a  few  hours  are  urged  to  report 
immediately  to  their  church  chairman  or  to 
one  of  the  following  members  of  the  Tag  Day 
committee: 

Loop— Mrs.     Perkins    Bass,     Jr.     (Evanston), 
Davis   213  5 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Patterson,  Hyde  Park  0849 
Mrs.  James  McCulloch,  Prospect   5425 
South   Side— Mrs.   Henry   W.   Bernhardt, 

South   Shore  4440 
West    Side- -Mrs.     William    H.     Biker     (Oak 
Park),  Euclid  234 
Mrs.   George   H.   Bristol   (Oak  Park), 
Euclid  7157 
North  Side— Mrs.  Burton   VV.  Hales, 
Winnctka   3  333 


GRADUATION  WEEK  EVENTS 

ANNOUNCED    BY    SCHOOL 
OF  NURSING  AND  ALUMNAE 


Twenty-nine  young  women  will  re- 
ceive diplomas  at  graduation  exercises  of 
the  School  of  Nursing,  Oct.  10  at  3:00 
P.M.,  in  the  auditorium  at  Sprague 
Home.  The  commencement  speaker  will 
be  the  Rev.  J.  W.  G.  Ward,  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Oak 
Park.  A  reception  for  parents  and 
friends  of  graduates  will  follow  the 
exercises. 

Baccalaureate  services  will  be  held  at 
the  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  Ashland 
and  Ogden  avenues,  Sunday,  Oct.  8  at 
7:45  P.M.  The  Rev.  Alvyn  R.  Hick- 
man, pastor  of  the  church,  will  be  the 
speaker. 

Alumna;  events  began  with  a  farewell 
party  on  Tuesday  night,  Sept.  26,  in 
honor  of  Miss  May  L.  Russell,  who  is 
leaving  the  school  Oct.  1.  Miss  Russell 
has  been  a  member  of  the  staff  since 
the  school  was  founded  in  1903  and  for 
the  past  year  has  been  acting  director. 

The  Alumnae  Association's  open  meet- 
ing for  seniors  will  be  held  at  Sprague 
Home  on  Tuesday  evening,  Oct.  3.  The 
Alumnae  luncheon  on  Friday,  Oct.  6  m 
the  Wedgewood  Room  at  Marshall 
Field's,  will  serve  as  an  occasion  for  ex- 
tending ,i  formal  welcome  to  Miss 
Dorothy  Rogers  (1921),  new  director  of 
the  School  of  Nursing.  Miss  Charlotte 
F.  Landt,  president  of  the  Alumnae  Asso- 
ciation, will  preside.  Program  arrange- 
ments were  incomplete  when  this  Bulle- 
tin went  to  press. 


Lake  Forest  Mrs.  Philip  F.  W.  Peck, 
Lake  Forest  1060 
Mrs.  Edwin  M.  Miller  will  be  in  charge  of 
the  two  boxes  at  the  hospital.  Mrs.  William 
R.  Tucker  of  Evanston  is  general  chairman 
and  Mrs.  Earl  G.  Fowler  of  River  Forest  is 
vice-chairman  of   the  Tag  Day  committee. 


AMERICAN  HOSPITAL  ASSN. 

HOLDS   41ST   MEETING 

IN  TORONTO,  CAN. 

World   Congress   is  Cancelled 

More  than  4,000  hospital  leaders  and 
workers  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada  gathered  at  Toronto, 
Can.,  Sept.  25-29  for  the  41st  annual 
convention  of  the  American  Hospital 
Association.  The  International  Hospital 
Association  convention  was  to  have  been 
held  in  the  same  city,  Sept.  19-2  3,  hut 
was  called  off  because  of  the  war  in 
Europe.  Thirty-four  countries  were  to 
have  been  represented  at  this  great  con- 
gress, the  sixth  biennial  gathering  of  its 
kind.  Dr.  Malcolm  T.  MacEachern  of 
Chicago,  associate  director  of  the  Ameri- 
can College  of  Surgeons,  is  president  of 
the  International  Hospital  Association. 

Dr.  G.  Harvey  Agnew  of  Toronto 
completed  a  year  of  outstanding  leader- 
ship as  president  of  the  American  Hos- 
pital Association  and  was  succeeded  by 
Dr.  Fred  G.  Carter,  superintendent  of 
Christ  Hospital,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  who 
will  serve  during  the  coming  year. 

The  American  College  of  Hospital  Admin- 
istrators convened  on  Sept.  22,  and  th  - 
American  Protestant  Hospital  Association  held 
its  19th  annual  convention,  Sept.  22-24,  at 
Toronto. 

From   Our    Hospital 

Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  superintendent  of 
Presbyterian  Hospital,  participated  in  these 
conventions.  He  is  a  trustee,  treasurer,  and 
chairman  of  the  membership  committee  of  the 
American  Hospital  Association;  trustee  of  the 
American  Protestant  Hospital  Association,  and 
a  fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Hospital 
Administrators. 

Mrs.  Ernest  E.  Irons,  president,  and  Mrs. 
Clyde  E.  Shorey,  past  president  oi  the 
Woman's  Board  attended  the  A.  H.  A.  con- 
vention, where  Mrs.  Shorey  was  one  of  the 
speakers  in  a  panel  discussion  on  "How  the 
Woman's  Auxiliary  Can  Help  the  Hospital." 
Miss  Bculah  Hunzicker,  director  of  dietetics, 
was  one  cf  the  speakers  before  the  dietetics 
section,  her  topic  being  "The  Value  of  Cen- 
tralized Dishwashing." 


NEW  DIETITIANS 

Vacancies  on  the  dietary  staff  have  been 
filled  by  Miss  Dorothy  Baker  and  Miss  An- 
nette Wilkens,  Miss  Baker  was  graduated 
from  Iowa  State  College  at  Ames  and  served 
her  dietetics  internship  at  University  Hospital, 
Oklahoma  City.  Miss  Wilkens  served  an  in- 
ternship at  University  Hospital.  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich,  following  graduation  from  the  Univer- 
sity  of  Minnesota. 


AT  PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING 

Mr.  William  Cray,  hospital  pharmacist, 
attended  the  annual  convention  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  convention  in  Atlanta, 
(!a.,  Aug.  2  1-26.  He  represented  the  Chicago 
branch  in  the  house  of  delegates  and  met  with 
tin    recipe  committee  of  which  he  is  ,i  member 


SOME  SUGGESTIONS  FOR 
FRIENDS    OF    PATIENTS 


Recently  friends  of  several  patients  in 
our  hospital  have  discovered  some  new 
and  highly  practical  ways  of  expressing 
regard  and  sympathy  in  time  of  illness. 
Instead  of  overwhelming  the  patient  with 
an  oversupply  of  expensive  flowers, 
cmdy  which  he  cannot  eat,  and  other 
less  practical  gifts,  these  thoughtful 
friends  have  pooled  their  funds  and  paid 
the  patient's  hospital  bill  for  one  or  more 
days.  In  these  instances,  the  cashier's 
office  sends  to  the  patient  a  receipt  for 
the  amount  paid,  stating  that  he  is  to  be 
a  guest  of  so-and-so  for  such-and-such 
day  or  days.  Recipients  of  this  type  of 
gift  accept  it  with  appreciation  and  in 
many  instances  it  relieves  a  patient's  un- 
expressed anxiety  as  to  ways  and  means 
to  meet  the  expense  of  hospitalisation. 
The  hospital  gladly  cooperates  with  those 
who  choose  this  pleasant  way  of  bring- 
ing cheer  to  relatives  or  friends  who 
are  ill. 

Another  pleasant  way  in  which  friends 
of  patients  may  express  their  sympathy 
in  time  of  illness  is  to  make  a  donation 
to  the  general  charity  work  of  the  hos- 
pital or  to  some  special  fund  in  the  name 
of  the  sick  friend,  who  would  enjoy  such 
a  benefaction  more  than  expensive  flowers 
or  other  gifts.  In  such  instances  the  hos- 
pital is  pleased  to  notify  the  patient  con- 
cerning the  donation  made  in  his  honor. 

A  donation  of  $3.00  will  pay  for  24 
hours'  free  care  for  a  sick  child  in  one 
of  our  children's  wards,  or  $4.00  will 
provide  one  day's  care  for  a  needy  pa- 
tient in  an  adult  ward.  As  announced  in 
our  last  Bulletin,  donations  are  greatly 
needed  at  this  time  also  for  the  Blood 
Transfusion  Fund  which  provides  blood 
donors  for  needy  patients,  who  are  un- 
able to  obtain  a  volunteer  donor  and  are 
without  means  to  pay  a  professional 
donor. 


Haringa-Renzema 

Miss  Tena  H.  Havinga,  formerly  charge 
nurse  on  our  infants'  floor,  was  married 
recently  at  the  home  of  her  parents  in  Hol- 
land, Mich,  to  Theodore  S.  Rensema,  instruc- 
tor in  physics  at  Purdue  University,  LaFaycttc, 
Ind.  Mrs.  Rcnzema  was  graduated  from  Presby- 
terian  School   of  Nursing  in    1937. 


Price-High 

Miss  Jeanne  Price  and  Dr.  Ralph  L.  High 
were  united  in  manage,  Sept.  1,  at  the  resid- 
ence of  Dr.  Evan  Barton,  1018  N.  State  Stieet. 
The  ceremony  was  performed  by  the  Rev. 
Russell  L.  Dicks,  hospital  chaplain.  Mrs.  High 
is  personnel  manager  for  Weiboldt's  South 
Side  store,  Dr.  High  recently  completed  an 
internship  here  and  is  now  resident  pathologist. 


Dr.  Cassie  Bell  Rose,  former  head  of  ( 
X-ray  department  and  now  located  in  Den\ 
Colo,   was  a  recent  visitor  here. 


TUMOR  CLINIC  OPENED  FOR 

CONSULTATION,  STUDY 

AND  TREATMENT 


Through  the  Tumor  Clinic  established 
about  a  month  ago  in  the  hospital,  mem- 
bers of  the  Medical  Staff  hope  to  pro- 
vide a  more  effective  service  in  the  study 
and  treatment  of  these  cases.  A  special 
room  has  been  fitted  up  on  the  7th  floor 
of  the  Murdoch  Building,  where  patients 
will  be  seen  by  members  of  the  Staff 
Tumor  Committee  each  Wednesday  at 
12  o'clock  noon.  Any  member  of  our 
Medical  Staff  or  the  Central  Free  Dis- 
pensary Staff  may  bring  patients  to  the 
clinic  for  consultation  and  discussion  as 
to  the  type  of  therapy  indicated  in  each 
case. 

Under  this  plan  patients  will  have  the  ad- 
vantage of  meeting  in  one  place  an  internist, 
a  pathologist,  a  surgeon,  and  a  radiologist, 
whose  combined  viewpoint  will  be  carried  out 
in  the  treatment  prescribed.  Another  and  less 
tangible  but  possibly  more  important  advan- 
tage will  be  the  collection  by  one  organization 
of  all  data  concerning  the  treatment  of  tumor 
in  the  hospital.  This  will  afford  a  more 
definite  evaluation  of  types  of  treatment  used, 
and  new  advances  in  treatment  can  be  insti- 
tuted and  evaluated  more  readily. 

In  the  short  time  since  the  clinic  was  started, 
an  average  of  four  new  patients  have  been 
referred  each  week,  some  coming  from  a 
distance.  Surgical  treatment  has  been  advised 
in  some  cases,  while  in  others  radiation  ther- 
apy has  been  indicated  and  in  still  others 
surgical  and  medical  treatment  and  radiation 
have   been    combined. 

The  committee  in  charge  is  composed  of  Dr. 
F.  H.  Straus,  Dr.  Clayton  J.  Lundy,  Dr.  Evan 
Barton,  Dr.  Carl  Apfelbach,  and  Dr.  F.  H. 
Squire. 


TAG  DAY  LOCATIONS 

Hospital  personnel,  visitors,  and  patients  are 
invited  to  make  their  Tag  Day  donations  to 
workers  who  will  be  stationed  at  the  hospital. 

Others  who  desire  to  have  their  Tag  Day 
contributions  help  the  hospital  children's  de- 
partment are  invited  to  make  donations  at  any 
of  the  following  locations  on  which  Woman's 
Board  taggers  will  be  stationed: 

Lake  Forest — All  locations. 

Loop — S.  side  of  Adams  St.  to  N.  side  of 
Quincy  St.  from  W.  side  of  LaSallc  St.  to  E. 
side  of  Wells  St. 

Randolph  I.  C.  station   (4  boxes). 

N.  side  of  Lake  St.  to  S.  side  Wacker  Dr. 
from  W.  side  of  Clark  St.  to  E.  side  LaSalle 
St.,  and   Lower  Level. 

North  Side — N.  side  of  Lawrence  Ave.  to 
S.  side  of  Foster  from  E.  side  of  Broadway  to 
E.  side  of  Winthrop;  including  Argylc  "L" 
station. 

West  Side— S.  side  of  Van  Buren  to  N. 
side  of  Taylor  St.  from  W.  side  of  Ashland 
Ave.  to  E.  side  of  Western  Ave.,  including 
Marshfield,  Ogden,  Hoyne,  Western  Ave.  and 
Garfield  Park  "L"  stations:  also  Polk  St. 
Douglas  Park  "L"  station. 

South  Side  S.  side  of  67th  St.  to  N.  side 
of  73rd  St.  from  E.  side  of  Cottage  Grove 
Ave.,  to  E.  side  of  Kimbark  Ave.,  including 
70th    and    72nd   Sts.   I.    C.   stations. 

S.  side  of  89th  St.,  to  N.  side  of  91st  St., 
from  E.  side  of  Yates  Ave..  East  to  Lake 
Michigan,  including  South  Chicago  station  at 
91st  St.  and  Brandon  Ave. 


It's  Not  Such  a  Cold  World  Nowadays  for  Too-Soon  Babies 


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The  charming  sixteen-month-old  baby  pictured  (center)  began  life  in  Presbyterian  Hospital 
is  a  tiny  premature.  Also  shown  are  exterior  (left)  and  interior  views  of  one  of  the 
even  air-conditioned  incubator  cubicles  in  our  new  nursery  for  premature  babies.  The  nurse 
s  shown  feeding  a  baby  by  dropper.  Each  cubicle  is  completely  enclosed  and  equipped  with 
ill  facilities  for  the  complete  care  of  the  infant,  who  need  never  leave  his  little  house  until 
he  is  ready  to  go  home.  The  master  air-conditioner  brings  to  each  cubicle  air  from  the 
wtside,  which  is  filtered,  heated  to  proper  temperature,  and  humidified  by  a  system  of 
lutomatic  controls.  Piped  oxygen  connections  are  another  feature.  These  cubicles,  designed 
iy  our  hospital  superintendent  in  collaboration  with  the  pediatric  department,  are  the  first 
if  the  kind  installed  in  Chicago. 

Some   Famous   Men  Began   Life  as  Prematures 

According  to  an  article  by  Rose  A.  Laughlin  in  a  recent  issue  of  Hygeia,  published 
:>y  the  American  Medical  Association,  not  a  few  of  the  world's  most  famous  scientists, 
tuthors,  statesmen,  and  military  leaders  began  life  as  prematurely  born  or  otherwise 
weak  and  immature  babies.  Among  those  cited  are  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  who  discovered 
gravity;  Charles  Robert  Darwin,  scientist  and  author;  George  Curvier,  French  scientist 
md  educator,  Voltaire,  Rosseau,  Napoleon,  and  Victor  Hugo.  Unusual  care  provided 
?y  the  mothers  and  other  relatives  of  these  famous  men  enabled  them  to  survive  baby- 
hood, just  as  the  modern  baby  incubator,  modern  pediatrics,  and  expert  hospital  care 
iow  save  the  lives  of  hundreds  of  premature  infants  each  year  m  this  country. 

Quoting  from  the  article  in  Hygeia: 

"One  wonders  how  many  thousands  of  pre- 
natures  might  have  lived  to  attain  fame,  had 
;hey  received  modern  care.  Until  comparative- 
y  recent  times,  it  was  a  matter  of  chance  that 
i  baby  born  too  soon  escaped  immediate  death. 
But  so  rapid  has  been  the  progress  of  modern 
sediatrics  that  nowadays  it  is  probable  that 
:he  premature  infant  receiving  immediate  hos- 
pital  care  not  only  can  be  saved  but  can  grow 
jp    to  be   healthy   and    normal. 

"In  a  study  on  physical  and  mental  develop- 
ment of  premature  infants,  it  was  found  that 
boys  "catch  up"  in  weight  with  full-term  boys 
3y  the  fourth  or  fifth  year.  Premature  girls 
always  weigh  slightly  less  than  full-term  girls. 
There  was  no  difference  in  mentality,  the 
school  rating  being  equally  as  good." 


Pediatricians  now  regard  any  baby  who 
weighs  less  than  five  pounds,  eight  ounces  as 
immature,  whether  born  prematurely  or  at 
term.  Among  the  many  premature  babies  cared 
for  in  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  recent  years 
were  a  number  whose  birth  weights  ranged 
from  forty  ounces  to  three  and  one-half 
pounds,  and  who  now  arc  normal,  healthy 
youngsters,  as  are  also  many  others  who  were 
not  so  small  at  birth. 

In  addition  to  those  born  in  the  hospital, 
prematures  are  brought  in  frequently  horn 
homes  of  the  district  by  the  Out-Patient  Ob- 
stetrical Department,  usually  in  our  portable 
incubator.  Free  care  is  given  to  many  pre- 
mature babies,  whose  parents  are  unable  to 
meet  the  expense  involved,  particularly  if  hos- 
pitalization must  be  prolonged. 


In  striking  contrast  to  our  new  incubator 
cubicles  is  the  water-heated,  box-type  incu- 
bator which  helped  to  save  the  lives  of  the 
Dionne  Quints.  It  was  found  in  the  Chicago 
warehouse  of  Sharp  &  Smith  and  rushed  to 
Callander,  Ont.  by  the  Chicago  American. 
It  aroused  much  interest  when  exhibited  in 
our  hospital  lobby  this  summer.  A  tank  in 
the  bottom  of  the  box  is  filled  with  hot  water 
through  the  small  tank  on  the  outside  (right), 
and  emptied  through  the  faucet  at  the  bottom. 


INSTITUTE    FOR    HOSPITAL 

EXECUTIVES    DRAWS 

LARGE  GROUP 


Two  Sessions  Are  Held  Here 


Two  of  the  demonstrations  sessions  of 
the  Seventh  Annual  Institute  for  Hos- 
pital Administrators  were  held  in  our 
hospital.  The  Institute  held  Sept.  5-16 
was  sponsored  by  the  American  Hospital 
Association  in  cooperation  with  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  the  American  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons,  the  American  Medical 
Association,  the  American  College  of 
Hospital  Administrators,  the  Chicago 
Hospital  Council  and  21  hospitals  in  the 
Chicago  metropolitan  area. 

One  of  the  early  advocates  of  estab- 
lishing institutes  for  hospital  administra- 
tors was  Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  superinten- 
dent of  Presbyterian  Hospital,  who  first 
proposed  the  plan  at  the  American  Hos- 
pital Association  convention  in  1907.  In 
an  article  m  the  August  number  of 
Hospitals,  Mr.  Bacon  traces  the  story  of 
the  movement  which  resulted  in  the 
establishing  of  training  courses  in  several 
universities  but  did  not  culminate  in  the 
short  practical  institute  course  until  1933 
when  the  first  institute  of  this  kind  was 
held  in  Chicago,  with  163  hospital  execu- 
tives from  all  parts  of  the  country  m 
attendance. 

Institute  Fills  Need 

While  heartily  approving  the  offering  of 
university  courses  to  would-be  hospital  ad- 
ministrators, Mr.  Bacon  and  other  active  hos- 
pital leaders  felt  that  the  short  practical  insti- 
tute course  was  needed  as  part  of  an  initial 
training  program  and  also  as  a  refresher  course 
in  hospital  administration  for  those  already 
filling  executive  positions  in'hospitals. 

That  the  institute  has  filled  a  genuine  need 
is  proved  by  the  success  of  those  held  in 
Chicago  annually  since  193  3  and  the  fact 
that  similar  institutes  are  now  being  held  each 
year  in  different  sections  of  the  country. 

At  This  Hospital 

Mr.  Bacon  was  coordinator  for  the  sessions 
held  in  our  hospital.  The  following  subjects 
were  presented  on  Sept.   5  : 

Business  Methods — Mr.  Herman  Hensel, 
assistant  superintendent,  and  Mr.  Leslie  D. 
Reid,  Auditor. 

Patients'  Library — Miss  Selma  Lindcm, 
librarian. 

Management  of  Information  and  Telephone 
Services — Mrs.  Helen  Losand,  chief  telephone 
operator. 

Special  Service  and  Admission  of  Patients — 
Miss  Ruth  Smith  and  Mrs.  Pauline  Campbell, 
special  service  department. 

Control  of  Visitors  to  Patients — Theodore 
Primis,  information   clerk. 

Housekeeping — Miss  Bcrnice  Stein,  execu- 
tive housekeeper. 

Painting  Mr.  George  J.  Scheidel,  Jr.,  head 
of  the   hospital   paint  shop. 

Subjects  and  speakers  at  the  session  on 
Sept.    I  4   were: 

Centralized  Food  Service  Miss  Beulah 
Hunzickcr,   director   of   dietetics. 

Medical  Records  -Miss  Lois  Baker,  head  of 
the    department. 


TEN  ENGLISH  SURGEONS 
GUESTS  AT  AN  OPERATIVE 
CLINIC  AND  LUNCHEON 


Ten  distinguished  surgeons  from  Great 
Britain  were  guests  at  an  operative  clinic 
in  our  hospital,  conducted  by  Dr.  Edward 
Allen,  Sept.  5.  The  visitors  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Gynecological  Travel  Club 
of  the  British  Isles  and  were  headed  by 
Mr.  Rivet  of  London  as  leader  of  the 
tour.  In  the  group  were  men  from  Lon- 
don, Leeds,  Bristol,  and  Manchester, 
England;  Dublin,  Ireland;  Glasgow  and 
Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Luncheon  was 
served  in  the  hospital  dining  room  to 
20  guests,  including  the  foreign  visitors 
and  members  of  our  gynecological  staff. 

The  same  group  attended  a  clinic  at 
St.  Luke's  Hospital  on  Sept.  4  and  visited 
the  Chicago  Lying-in  Hospital  while  in 
the  city. 


RESUME  CHAPEL  SERVICES 

Sunday  morning  services  were  resumed  in 
the  hospital  chapel  on  Sept.  17  with  a  good 
attendance,  including  patients,  nurses,  and 
visitors.  Services  begin  at  1  1  :  1  5  A.M.  and 
last  only  a  half  hour.  The  hospital  chaplain, 
Rev.   Russell   L.   Dicks   is   in   charge. 


Medical  Staff  News 

Dr.  Robert  H.  Herbst  was  the  guest  speaker 
on  urology  at  the  Rocky  Mountain  Medical 
Conference  held  at  the  University  of  Utah  in 
Salt  Lake  City,  Sept.  5.  He  delivered  two 
lectures  and  conducted  a  round  table  confer- 
ence. Rush  alumni  and  former  Presbyterian 
interns  at  the  conference  included  Dr.  Martin 
Lindem  and  Dr.  Clifford  J.  Pearsall  of  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  Dr.  George  Fister  of  Ogden. 


Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis  and  Dr.  A.  H.  Mont- 
gomery were  speakers  at  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Association  of  Railway  Surgeons  at 
the  Palmer  House,  Sept.  11-13.  Dr.  Theis 
spoke  on  "Diagnosis  and  Treatment  of  Frost- 
bite." Dr.  Montgomery's  topic  was  "Some 
Suggestions  in  the  Treatment  of  Intestinal 
Obstruction." 


Dr.  Montgomery  addressed  the  Wisconsin 
State  Medical  Society  convention  in  Mil- 
waukee, Sept.  14,  on  "Some  Congenital 
Anomalies  in  Children  and  Their  Treatment." 


Vascular  Therapy — Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis,  di- 
rector of  department. 

Fever  Therapy — Dr.  D.  W.  Kobak,  director 
of  the  department,  assisted  by  Misses  Mar- 
garet Datzman  and  Verona  Hardy. 

Dr.  Kobak  also  told  the  visitors  about  our 
Occupational  Therapy  department,  Miss  Win- 
ifred Brainerd  who  is  in  charge  of  this  work 
being  away  on  vacation. 

Care  of  Premature  Babies  Dr.  John  T. 
Mason,  resident  pediatrician;  Miss  Louise  Mor- 
lcy,  supervisor;  and  Mr.  Frank  Mahr,  engineer, 
who  discussed  mechanics  of  equipment. 

Ice  cream,  waters,  and  coffee  were  served 
to  institute  guests  at  the  conclusion  of  each 
session  held  here. 

Miss  Beulah  Hunzickcr.  director  of  dietetics 
also  was  consultant  on  "Food  Service"  at  a 
group  conference  at  the  University  of  Chicago 
on  Sept.  9. 


TWO  FUTURE  DOCTORS? 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Michael  Kinney  O'Heeron 
are  the  parents  of  a  son,  born  in  the  hospital, 
Sept.  7.  The  baby  has  been  named  Michael 
Kinney,  Jr.  Mrs.  O'Heeron  is  the  former 
Betty  Bingham,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Bingham  of  Glen  Ellyn.  Mrs.  Bingham 
is  one  of  the  active  workers  on  the  Woman's 
Board  and  Mrs.  O'Heeron  has  given  much 
valuable  service  as  a  volunteer  worker  in  the 
hospital.  Dr.  O'Heeron,  former  resident  urol- 
ogist, is  continuing  special  work  in  this  field 
as  assistant  to  Dr.  Herman  L.  Kretschmer. 

Another  prospective  future  doctor  is  the  son 
born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  M.  Lyle  in 
June.  His  name  is  Richard  Whitmore.  Dr. 
Lyle  is  resident  surgeon  on  the  hospital  staff, 
and  previously  served  an  internship  here.  Mrs. 
Lyle  is  the  former  Grace  Koontz,  1937  gradu- 
ate of  the  School  of  Nursing. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,    ILLINOIS 
Telephone:   Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH    Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS     Secretary 

FRED    S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.    John     Timothy 
John  B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.  Forgan  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albert  D.  Farwell  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Alfred  E.  Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles  H.  Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.    Harrison    Ray   Anderson,    D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.   W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 
WILBER    E.    POST,    M.D President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 
REV.  RUSSELL  L  DICKS,  B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 
MRS.     ERNEST     E.     IRONS President 


SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 


M.    HELENA    McMILLAN 
DOROTHY    ROGERS 


Director    Emeritus 
Director 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence   Slown   Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and   for  the  general   purposes  of  the  hospital. 

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November,    1939 


Vol.   31,  No.   10 


HOSPITAL  AND  COLLEGE  WILL  REMAIN  ON  WEST  SIDE 


Rush     Will     Become     Graduate 

School — No  Undergraduate 

Work  After  1942 


Presbyterian  Hospital  is  to  remain  in 
its  present  location  on  the  West  Side  of 
Chicago,  and  will  cooperate  with  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  in  developing  Rush 
Medical  College  as  a  graduate  school  of 
medicine.  These  important  decisions  of 
the  respective  boards  were  announced 
early  in  October  by  Mr.  John  McKinlay, 
president  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of 
the  hospital,  and  President  Robert  M. 
Hutchins  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

Undergraduate  work  will  continue  at 
Rush  for  the  next  three  years  through 
July  1942,  to  provide  completion  of  train- 
ing for  the  junior  class  entering  next 
autumn  (1940).  Undergraduate  training 
also  will  continue  at  the  School  of  Medi- 
cine on  the  university's  midway  campus, 
and  after  1942  will  be  offered  there  ex- 
clusively. 

Dr.  Post  is  Dean 

Dr.  Wilber  E.  Post  has  been  named 
dean  of  the  Rush  Graduate  School  of 
Medicine.  Dr.  Emmet  B.  Bay,  dean  at 
Rush  Medical  College  for  the  last  three 
years,  has  resigned  and  Dr.  Earle  Gray 
will  carry  on  the  undergraduate  work  as 
assistant  dean.  A  committee  representing 
the  hospital  and  the  university  is  formu- 
lating plans  for  the  new  graduate  pro- 
gram, which  it  is  hoped  will  be  inaugu- 
rated in  the  near  future.  This  program, 
it  is  contemplated  will  emphasize  research 
in  medical  science  and  provide  graduate 
training  in  the  various  fields  of  special- 
ization. 

Decision  to  establish  Rush  as  a  center  of 
graduate  medical  training  terminates  discus- 
sions as  to  the  ultimate  status  of  the  college 
which  have  been  carried  on  intermittently 
since  1916.  In  that  year  the  University  of 
Chicago,  with  which  Rush  had  been  affiliated 
from  1898  on,  approved  plans  for  the  South 
Side  medical  school,  which  was  opened  in  the 
(Continued    on   page    2,    col.    1) 


MISS  RUSSELL  RETIRES 


Miss  May  L.  Russell  retired  on  October  1 
after  nearly  36  years'  service  at  Presbyterian 
Hospital  and  in  the  School  of  Nursing.  In 
company  with  her  sister,  Miss  Rosamond 
Russell,  school  librarian  for  the  past  eight 
years,  Miss  Russell  will  enjoy  a  well-earned 
rest  after  her  years  of  strenuous  and  useful 
activity. 

As  a  tangible  expression  of  the  apprecia- 
tion felt  by  her  former  pupils,  members  of 
the  Alumnae  Association  presented  Miss  Rus- 
sell with  a  check  for  $500  at  a  farewell  tea 
given  in  her  honor  on  Sept.  26  at  Sprague 
Home. 

No  successor  to  Miss  Russell  has  been  ap- 
pointed, and  for  the  present  the  faculty  duties 
formerly  fulfilled  by  her  are  being  assumed 
by  Miss  Ella  M.  VanHorn  and  Mrs.  Carrie 
H.  McNeill. 


STORY  OF  MISS  RUSSELL'S 
LIFE-WORK  IS  WRITTEN  IN 
LIVES  OF  FORMER  PUPILS 


The  School  of  Nurses  (as  it  was  then 
called)  of  Presbyterian  Hospital  was  a 
lusty  infant  less  than  one  year  old  when 
May  L.  Russell  came  from  Massachusetts 
to  become  a  head  nurse  m  the  hospital. 
This  event,  which  took  place  in  January 
1904,  marked  the  beginning  of  36  years 
of  loyal  service  to  the  school  and  hospital 
and  a  career  which  influenced  the  lives 
of  hundreds  of  student  nurses.  She  shared 
with  Miss  M.  Helena  McMillan  the  task 
of  building  a  school,  which  achieved  and 
held  a  place  in  the  vanguard  of  nursing 
education. 

Miss  Russell  had  received  her  prepara- 
tion for  nursing  at  Waltham  Hospital, 
Waltham,  Mass.  Her  capabilities  and 
fine  character  soon  became  evident  and 
after  serving  as  a  supervisor  of  surgical 
nursing  for  five  years,  she  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  preliminary  department  of 
the  school  in  1909.  Four  years  later  she 
became  assistant  principal.  Subsequently 
she  was  designated  in  the  annual  report 
as  "Assistant  to  the  Director,  Dean  of 
Students,"  "Instructor  of  Nursing  and  of 
Ethics,"  in  which  triple  capacity  she  con- 
tinued until  Miss  McMillan's  retirement 
a  year  ago.  At  that  time  Miss  Russell 
was  made  acting  director  of  the  school, 
carrying  this  responsibility  along  with 
her  other  duties  until  the  new  director, 
Miss  Dorothy  Rogers,  took  charge  on 
Sept.  J,  1939.  Miss  Russell  then  an- 
nounced her  desire  to  retire  from  active 
work  and  her  resignation  was  accepted 
with  regret. 

This  brief  summary  of  the  positions  filled 
in  the  hospital  and  the  school  by  Miss  Russell 
does  not  tell  the  story  of  her  loyal  devotion 
to  these  institutions  and  her  inestimable  serv- 
ice to  the  nursing  profession.  That  story  is 
written  in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  the  hundreds, 
who.  as  student  nurses,  found  in  her  an  under- 
standing friend,  wise  counsellor,  and  able 
teacher. 


PLAN  HOMECOMING  AND 

DINNER-DANCE  FOR 

NOVEMBER   11 

Floor  Show  to  Be  Feature 

Homecoming  will  be  observed  again 
this  year  on  Nov.  1 1  by  the  School  of 
Nursing.  Alumnae  will  gather  at  Sprague 
Home  during  the  day,  where  a  buffet 
luncheon  will  be  served  at  noon  and  an 
informal  reception  held  in  the  afternoon. 

Unusual  preparations  are  being  made 
for  the  dinner-dance  on  homecoming 
night  at  the  Medinah  Club.  Dinner  at 
7:30  will  be  enlivened  by  a  floor  show  in 
which  some  of  our  most  talented  nurses 
and  interns  will  appear  m  colorful  song 
and  dance  numbers.  Dr.  Frank  W. 
VanKirk,  Jr.  and  Dr.  Ralph  L.  High  are 
directing  the  rehearsals  of  the  military 
drill  to  be  given  by  eight  nurses  in 
majorette  costumes;  the  tiller  dance  by 
six  nurses;  country  dance  by  nurses  and 
interns  in  farmer  and  farmerette  cos- 
tumes; toy  shop  song  and  dance  by  three 
nurses;  ballroom  dancing  exhibition;  and 
"Parade  of  the  Nations"  in  costume.  A 
special  feature  will  be  solo  tap  and  ballet 
dancing  by  Miss  Kathryn  Davis,  a 
talented  performer  from  Pontiac,  Mich. 

Nurses  taking  part  in  the  floor  show  will 
include:  Grace  Hubbard,  Miriam  Fairbanks, 
Esther  Bachman,  Mildred  Schlekau,  Adella 
Remus,  Margaret  Montgomery,  Emily  Kaim- 
mer,  Barbara  Brown,  Barbara  Cruickshank, 
Maxine  McCormick,  Augusta  Heneveld,  Betty 
Chapin  and  Florence  Coon,  with  Lucile 
George  playing  piano  accompaniments.  Interns 
in  the  show  include  Dr.  G.  G.  Kaufmann,  Dr. 
E.  L.  Smith,  Dr.  Rene  Hardre,  Dr.  Frederick 
Preston,  Dr.  Lee  Stover,  Dr.  John  Armstrong, 
Dr.  High  and  Dr.  VanKirk. 

Dancing  to  the  music  of  Dick  Alexander's 
orchestra  will  be  enjoyed  from  10:00  P.M.  to 
1  :00  A.M.  Mrs.  Marcella  Kutz  is  general 
chairman.  Tickets  at  $2.50  per  person  may  be 
obtained  in  the  nurses'  office. 


WEDDINGS 


HOSPITAL  AND  COLLEGE 

(Continued  from  page'  1,   col.    1) 

autumn  of  1927.  Rush  merged  with  the  uni' 
versity  in   1924. 

Chartered  in  1837,  Rush  began  its  first 
course  of  instruction  in  1843  and  is  the  oldest 
medical  school  in  the  Middlewest.  It  has 
been  located  on  its  present  site  at  the  corner 
of  Harrison  and  Wood  Streets  since  1876. 
Presbyterian  Hospital  was  founded  in  1883 
through  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Joseph  Presley  Ross 
and  other  members  of  Rush  Faculty,  who 
enlisted  the  interest  of  prominent  Presbyterian 
laymen.  At  that  time  it  was  agreed  that 
Rush  Faculty  should  have  sole  control  of 
clinical  teaching  in  the  hospital  and  should 
nominate  all  members  of  the  hospital's  Medi- 
cal Staff.  Because  of  this  affiliation  the  future 
of  the  two  institutions  has  been  considered  as 
a  unit  and  one  proposal  involved  moving  the 
hospital  to  the  South   Side. 

In  deciding  to  remain  on  the  West  Side, 
the  hospital  board  gave  consideration  to  com- 
munity needs  as  well  as  to  the  expense  in- 
volved in  moving  the  institution  to  another 
location. 


Royston  -  Warrick 

Miss  Alice  Royston,  dietitian,  and  Dr. 
William  Warrick,  resident  urologist,  were 
married  on  Oct.  14.  Miss!  Royston  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  University  of  Illinois  and  received 
her  hospital  dietetics  training  here.  She  had 
been  employed  in  the  dietary  department  for 
the  past  two  years.  Dr.  Warrick  is  a  graduate 
of  Rush  Medical  College  and  served  an  intern- 
ship in  this  hospital. 

Sherin  -  Bennett 

Miss  Betsy  Sherin,  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  W.  Morley  Sherin,  and  Dr.  Joseph  R. 
Bennett,  assistant  attending  physician  on  the 
Presbyterian  Hospital  Medical  Staff,  were 
married  on  Sept.  30  in  the  chapel  of  the 
Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  by  the  Rev. 
Russell  L.  Dicks,  hospital  chaplain. 

Allison  -  Benson 

Miss  Mary  L.  Allison  and  Mr.  Ted  M. 
Benson  were  married  on  Oct.  18  at  Wheaton. 
Miss  Allison,  a  graduate  of  Wheaton  College 
(1935)  and  our  School  of  Nursing  (1939),  is 
a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  and  Mrs.  R.  M.  Alli- 
son, Presbyterian  missionaries  stationed  at 
Tenghsien,  Shantung  Province,  China.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Benson  plan  to  work  in  the  foreign 
mission  field  eventually. 

Watts  -  Wandel 

Miss  Valentine  Watts  and  Mr.  E.  F.  Wan- 
del  were  married  at  the  Fourth  Presbyterian 
Church  on  Sept.  2.  Mrs.  Wandel,  1938  grad- 
uate of  the  School  of  Nursing,  is  a  staff  nurse 
in  the  hospital  examining  rooms. 

Hansen  -  Pierce 

Miss  Gladys  Hansen  and  Mr.  Stanley  Pierce 
were  married  on  Sept.  16.  Mrs.  Pierce  was 
graduated  from  the  School  of  Nursing  in  193  2 
and  is  a  staff  nurse  on  E  Floor. 

Johnson  -  Moore 

Miss  Florence  Eva  Johnson  and  Mr.  Gerald 
W.  Moore  were  married  on  Aug.  19  in 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Mrs.  Moore  was  grad- 
uated from  the  School  of  Nursing  in  1935 
and  is  on  the  operating  room  nursing  staff. 

McCullah  -  Klenze 

Mrs.  Florence  McCullah  and  Mr.  Robert 
O.  Klenze  were  married  on  Aug.  26.  Mrs. 
Klenze  is  a  graduate  of  the  School  of  Nurs- 
ing, 1935,  and  was  formerly  a  staff  nurse  on 
the  Children's  Floor.  She  now  is  in  charge 
of  the  Baby  Clinic  at  Central  Free  Dispensary. 

Burgess  -  Whiteside 

Miss  Carrie  Belle  Burgess,  1939  graduate  of 
the  School  of  Nursing,  was  married  to  the 
Rev.  Paul  Whiteside  on  Sept.  15  at  the  Third 
Presbyterian  Church.  The  couple  will  have 
charge  of  student  activities  at  the  Third 
Church. 

Haynes  -  Kraatz 

Miss  Susan  Havncs  and  Dr.  P.  C.  Kraatz 
were  married  on  Sept.  14.  Miss  Haynes  is  a 
member  of  the  1939  graduating  class.  Dr. 
Kraatz  is  on  the  faculty  of  Chicago  Medical 
College. 

Richards  -  Stratton 

Miss  Hila  Richards,  1938  graduate  and 
recently  a  member  of  the  School  of  Nursing 
Faculty,  was  married  on  Oct.  14,  to  Dr.  James 
D.   Strattan  of  Brcckenndgc,  Pa. 


WOMAN'S  BOARD  HEARS 

PLANS  OF  CHAIRMEN 

FOR  FALL  WORK 


Thanksgiving  Offerings  Sought 


Although  attendance  was  depleted  be 
cause  of  Tag  Day  activities  of  many  of  '•] 
the  members,  the  first  meeting  of  the 
Woman's  Board  of  the  fall  season,  on 
Oct.  2,  was  a  busy  and  interesting  ses- 
sion, auguring  well  for  another  year  of 
energetic  effort  to  help  the  hospital  in  its 
service  to  the  sick. 

Miss  Dorothy  Rogers,  new  director  of 
the  School  of  Nursing,  was  introduced 
and  outlined  briefly  the  plans  and  prob- 
lems of  the  coming  year.  Miss  Selma 
Lindem,  librarian,  told  of  the  work  done 
under  her  direction  in  the  interest  of 
hospital  library  service  in  New  York  City 
during  a  six-month  leave  of  absence,  and 
said  she  was  glad  to  be  back  at  work  here. 
Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  hospital  superinten-  J 
dent,  gave  an  interesting  report  of  the 
American  Association  convention  in 
Toronto,  Canada. 

Jelly  and  Knitting 

An  appeal  for  increased  donations  of  Jelly 
this  fall  was  made  by  Mrs.  John  P.  Mentzer, 
chairman  of  the  delicacies  committee,  who 
announced  that  empty  glasses  were  available 
to  all  who  would  fill  them.  Mrs.  John  Bing- 
ham, chairman  of  the  sewing  committee,  ex- 
hibited an  array  of  attractive  mittens  and  other 
articles,  which  Mrs.  Walter  Graff  had  knitted 
from  odds  and  ends  of  yarn,  and  appealed  for 
donations  of  left-over  yarn  for  making  articles 
to  be  distributed  to  needy  patients  by  the 
Social   Service  and  Children's  departments. 

New  Film  is  Available 

Church  groups  were  urged  by  Mrs.  Kellogg 
Speed,  vice-chairman  of  the  Thanksgiving 
offering  committee,  to  arrange  for  silver  teas 
and  otherwise  promote  interest  in  the  offer- 
ing. Church  chairmen  also  were  reminded 
that  the  new  film  made  on  the  Children's 
Floor  is  available  for  showing  before  church 
groups  and  that  requests  for  the  film  and  for 
speakers  should  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Clyde  E. 
Shorey,  601  N.  Euclid  Ave.,  Oak  Park,  111. 
The  next  board  meeting  will  be  held  on 
Nov.   6. 


LUNCHEON  FOR  MISS  ROGERS 

On  Monday,  Oct.  23,  at  the  Women's 
Athletic  Club,  the  School  of  Nursing  Com- 
mittee of  the  Woman's  Board  sponsored  a 
luncheon  in  honor  of  Miss  Dorothy  Rogers, 
director  of  the  school.  Mr.  John  McKinlay, 
president  of  the  Board  of  Managers;  Dr. 
Wilber  E.  Post,  president  of  the  Medical 
Board:  and  Mrs.  Ernest  E.  Irons,  president  of 
the  Woman's  Board  spoke  in  behalf  of  their 
respective  boards,  after  which  Miss  Rogers 
spoke  briefly  on  "Present  Problems  of  the 
School."  Others  present  included  members  of 
the  school  committee  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agers, the  executive  committee  of  the  Woman's 
Board;  Mr.  Asa  S.  Bacon,  hospital  superin- 
tendent; Miss  M.  Helena  McMillan,  director 
emeritus  of  the  school:  and  Dr.  L.  C.  Gate- 
wood,  school  physician.  Mrs.  Alva  A.  Knight 
is  chairman  and  Mrs.  Edwin  M.  Miller,  vice- 
chairman,  of  the  School  of  Nursing  committee. 


lass  of  1939  of  The  Presbyterian  Hospital  School  of  Nursing 


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)IPLOMAS  ARE  CONFERRED 

ON  28  GRADUATES  AT 

1939  EXERCISES 


New  Director  is  Welcomed 


Graduating  exercises  for  28  seniors 
vere  held  in  the  auditorium  at  Sprague 
iome  on  the  afternoon  of  October  10. 
Ay.  John  McKinlay,  president  of  the 
Soard  of  Managers  of  the  hospital,  pre- 
ided.  The  Rev.  J.  W.  G.  Ward,  pastor 
if  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Oak 
'ark,  delivered  the  address  to  the  class, 
rhe  invocation  was  by  the  Rev.  Russell 
j.  Dicks,  hospital  chaplain.  Miss  Doro- 
hy  Rogers,  director  of  the  school,  pre- 
ented  the  class  for  diplomas,  which  were 
onferred  by  Mr.  McKinlay.  Miss 
v/Tarion  Carlyle,  soloist  at  the  First  Pres- 
lyterian  Church  of  Chicago,  sang  two 
lumbers,  which  were  much  appreciated 
>y  the  assembly.  Miss  Susan  Lederer  was 
,t  the  piano  for  the  processional  and 
ecessional.  Parents  and  friends  of  the 
;raduates  were  guests  at  a  reception  in 
he  dining  room  following  the  exercises. 

Baccalaureate  services  were  held  at  the 
'hird  Presbyterian  Church,  Sunday  evening, 
)ct.  8,  the  sermon  being  delivered  by  the 
lev.  Alvyn  Ross  Hickman,  pastor  of  the 
hurch. 

Alumnae  Luncheon  Is  Held 

Members  of  the  graduating  class  were  guests 
f  the  Alumnae  Association  at  an  open  meet- 
ig  on  Oct.  3  and  at  luncheon  in  Marshall 
'ield's  Wedgwood  tea  room  on  Oct.  6.  The 
jncheon  also  was  the  occasion   for  extending 

formal  welcome  to  Miss  Dorothy  Rogers, 
lew  director  of  the  School  of  Nursing, 
.peakers  included:  Mr.  John  McKinlay,  presi' 
ent  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  hos- 
(ital;  Miss  M.  Helena  McMillan,  director 
meritus  of  the  school:  Mrs.  David  W. 
jraham,  only  living  charter  member  of  the 
Voman's  Board  and  active  in  the  interest  of 
he  school  since  the  latter  was  established   in 


Fourteen  states  and  two  foreign  countries 
were  represented  in  the  class  graduated  from 
the  School  of  Nursing  on  Oct.  10,  1939. 
Graduates  are  shown  in  the  picture  as  fol- 
lows: 

First  row,  left  to  right — Nora  Z.eta  Stauf- 
fer,  Paris,  Mo.;  Grace  L.  McNutt,  Shannon, 
III.;  Carrie  Belle  Burgess,  Guatemala,  Cen- 
tral America;  Emily  M.  Kaitnmer,  Holdridge, 
Neb.;  Ruth  Ketchie,  president  of  class, 
Ogden,  Utah;  Barbara  Cruickshank,  secretary- 
treasurer  of  class,  Sturgis,  S.  Dak.;  Harriett 
Van  Buskirk,  Flossmoor,  III.;  Virginia  Elaine 
fames,  Kirklin,  Ind.;  Ruth  E.  Stauffer,  Fond 
du  Lac,  Wis. 

Second  row,  left  to  right — Lois  Marjorie 
Brown,  Moorhead,  Minn.;  Mary  Elizabeth 
Adams,  Greensberg,  Ind.;  Vivian  Visscher, 
Holland,  Mich.;  Lois  M.  Melges,  Altadena, 
Calif.;  Ruth  O.  Servis,  New  York,  N.  Y.; 
Beverly  Briese,  Holstein,  la.;  Myrtle  A. 
Kooreman,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Grace  Ida  Fred- 
erick, Oak  Park,  III.;  Charlotte  Turner, 
Piqua,   Ohio. 

Third  (top)  row,  left  to  right  —  Betty 
Minty,  Soda  Springs,  Idaho;  Alice  L.  Marek, 
Congress  Park,  III.;  Dorothy  L.  Provine,  Ma- 
comb, III.;  Mary  L.  Allison,  Shantung, 
China;  Irene  Bonesteel,  Huron,  S.  Dak.; 
Marion  L.  Berg,  St.  fames,  Minn.;  Delphia 
Shaw,  Hartville,  Mo.;  Susan  Haynes,  Sway- 
zee,  Ind.;  Mary  Ellen  Noble,  Miles  City, 
Mont. 


1903;  Mrs.  Ernest  E.  Irons,  president  of  the 
Woman's  Board  and  former  member  of  the 
school  faculty;  Miss  Ruth  Ketchie,  president 
of  the  1939  class;  and  Miss  Rogers.  Miss 
Charlotte  F.  Landt,  president  of  the  Alumnae 
Association,  presided  and  welcomed  Miss 
Rogers  and  the  1939  graduates  on  behalf  of 
the  Alumnae.  Mr.  John  P.  Welling,  chair- 
man of  the  School  of  Nursing  committee,  was 
presented  to  the  assembly  but  had  asked  to  be 
excused  from  speaking.  Luncheon  speeches 
were  replete  with  expressions  of  the  optimism 
for  the  future  of  the  school  under  the  guid- 
ance of  the  new  director,  who  in  her  response 
bespoke  the  cooperation  of  the  Alumnae  and 
all  friends  of  the  school  in  the  challenging 
task,  which  she  has  undertaken. 

Music  and  a  fashion  show  were  presented 
while  luncheon  was  being  served.  Mrs.  Mar- 
cella    Kurtz    was    chairman    of    arrangements. 


NAME  SCHOOL  FACULTY  AND 
SUPERVISORS  OF  NURSING 


Officers  of  administration  and  instruc- 
tion in  the  School  of  Nursing  and  the 
hospital  nursing  service  for  the  coming 
year  are  as  follows: 

Dorothy  Rogers,  M.A.,  R.N. — Director  of 
the    School   and    Superintendent  of   Nurses 

Harriet  L.  Forrest,  R.N. — Assistant  Super- 
intendent of  Nurses 

Eleanor  Smith,  R.N. — Assistant  Superinten- 
dent of  Nurses 

Ella  May  Van  Horn,  M.S.,  R.N. — Instruc- 
tor, Health   Advisor  and   Nurse,   School 

Mrs.  Carrie  H.  McNeill,  B.A.,  R.N.— In- 
structor, School 

Elphia  Flugum,  R.N. — Assistant  Superin- 
tendent of  Nurses 

Mary  Meith,  R.N. — Night  Superintendent, 
Hospital 

Nelle  Crout,  R.N. — Assistant  Night  Super- 
intendent, Hospital 

Mrs.  Julia  N.  Raymon,  B.A.,  R.N. — In- 
structor Nursing  Arts,  School 

Julia  Den  Herder,  B.A.,  R.N. — Instructor 
of  Sciences,  School 

Florence  Coon,  R.N. — Evening  Supervisor, 
Hospital 

Clarisse  Galloway,  R.N. — Assistant  Eve- 
ning Supervisor,  Hospital 

Clinical  Supervisors 

Mary  Louise  Morley,  R.N. — Pediatric  Nurs- 
ing 

Bertha  Ellingson,  R.N. — Nursing  in  Oper- 
ating Rooms 

Mabel  W.  Hubbard,  R.N.— Nursing  in  Out- 
Obstetrical  Department  (Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege and  Central  Free  Dispensary) 

Jessa  Mooney,  R.N. — Nursing  in  Examining 
Rooms  and   Prenatal   Clinic,  Hospital 

Ada  C.  Quinnell.  R.N. — Nursing  in  Out- 
Patient  Dept.   (Central  Free  Dispensary) 

Dorothy  M.  Schafer.  R.N.  —  Assistant 
Supervisor  of  Nursing  in  Operating  Rooms 

Mary  Watson,  R.N. — Obstetrical  Nursing 

Mary  H.  Mahr,  A.B.,  R.N.— Surgical  Nurs- 
ing   (Fourth   Floor,   Jones  Bldg.) 

Astrid  Lund,  R.N. — Medical  and  Surgical 
Nursing   (B  Floor) 

Mrs.  Madelon  Reeves.  B.A.,  R.N. — Medical 
Nursing   (Third  Floor,  Jones  Bldg.) 


MEDICAL  STAFF  MEMBERS 
SPEAKERS  AT  NUMEROUS 
PROFESSIONAL  MEETINGS 


Dr.     Clifford     G.     Grulee     and     Dr. 

Edward  Allen  of  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital Attending  Medical  Staff  were  on 
the  program  of  the  First  American  Con- 
gress on  Obstetrics  and  Gynecology  held 
in  Cleveland,  O.,  Sept.  11-15.  Dr.  Grulee 
addressed  the  Nursing  Section  on  "The 
Problem  of  the  Premature  Infant."  Dr. 
Allen's  address  before  the  Medical  Sec- 
tion was  on  the  topic  "Some  Fundamen- 
tals of  Endocrinology  in  Obstetrics  and 
Gynecology." 

Miss  Verda  F.  Hickcox,  1916  graduate  of 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital  School  of  Nursing, 
was  a  speaker  at  the  Nurses  Section,  her  topic 
being  "Content  of  a  Program  of  Graduate 
Study  in  the  Hospital  and  Out-Patient  De- 
partment." Miss  Hickcox  is  assistant  director 
of  the  School  of  Nursing  of  New  York  Hos- 
pital, New  York  City,  and  head  of  the  Ob- 
stetrical and  Gynecological  Nursing  Service 
and  Instruction  in  that  institution. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  Vernon  C.  David,  Dr.  Kellogg  Speed, 
Dr.  H.  L.  Baker,  Dr.  F.  H.  Straus,  and  Dr. 
Charles  M.  Bacon  attended  the  American  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons  meeting  in  Philadelphia  last 
month.  As  vice-president,  Dr.  David  intro- 
duced the  foreign  guests.  Dr.  Evarts  A.  Gra- 
ham of  St.  Louis  was  named  president  for 
1940-41.  Dr.  Graham,  Rush  alumnus  and 
former  Presbyterian  intern,  is  a  son  of  Mrs. 
D.  W.  Graham,  honorary  president  and  charter 
member  of  our  Woman's  Board. 

Dr.  Norris  J.  Heckel  was  in  Indianapolis  on 
Sept.  26  to  address  the  North  Central  Branch 
of  the  American  Urological  Association  on 
"Evaluation  of  Male  Sex  Hormone  Treatment 
in  Urologic  Conditions."  He  also  addressed  a 
dinner  meeting  of  the  Urological  Department 
of  Loyola  University  at  the  Stevens  Hotel, 
Sept.  20,  on  "Present  Status  of  Hormone 
Therapy  in  Urology." 

*  *         '  * 

Dr.  E.  W.  Hagens  took  part  in  the  Chicago 
Laryngological  and  Otological  Society's  Octo- 
ber meeting  at  which  Dr.  Chevalier  L.  Jack- 
son of  Philadelphia  was  the  guest  speaker. 
Dr.  Hagens'  talk,  illustrated  with  lantern  slides, 
was  on  "Pathology  of  the  Inner  Ear  in  a  Case 
of  Deafness  from  Cerebro-Spinal  Meningitis." 

At  the  October  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Neurological  Society,  Dr.  Peter  Bassoe  gave  a 
report  on  the  International  Neurological  Con- 
gress held  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark  in  August. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bassoe  returned  home  in  Sep- 
tember, sailing  without  mishap  after  war  had 
been  declared. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  DcKalb  County  Medi- 
cal Society  in  DeKalb  on  Sept.  28,  Dr.  Adrien 
Verbrugghen  presented  a  paper  on  "Neurol- 
ogy." Dr.  Verbrugghen  also  was  a  speaker  at 
the  Iowa  Post-Graduate  Assembly  in  Marshall- 
town  in  October,  his  topic  being  "The  Com- 
moner Nervous  Diseases  of  the  Spinal  Cord." 


FOUR  SISTERS  ARE  GRADUATES 

Miss  Lois  Melges,  class  of  19  39,  is  the  fourth 
member  of  her  family  to  receive  a  diploma 
from  our  School  of  Nursing.  The  others  are: 
Helen,  1926,  now  the  wife  of  Dr.  Carl  F. 
Doehring,  Pasadena,  Calif.;  Grace  and  Esther, 
1929.  The  former  is  now  Mrs.  H.  G.  Scott  of 
Minneapolis.      Miss    Esther    Melges    lives    in 

Hollywood,    Calif. 


3n  flemortam 


Dr.  Adam   E.   Kauffman 
1868-1939 

Dr.  Adam  E.  Kauffman,  who  was  an  extern 
in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  1884-85  died 
Sept.  3  at  the  age  of  83  years.  He  was  taken 
ill  last  spring  while  on  a  Carribean  cruise  and 
traveled  in  three  different  airplanes  in  order 
to  reach  Presbyterian  Hospital  for  emergency 
treatment.  His  condition  improved  and  he  was 
discharged  from  the  hospital  on  June  2,  but 
remained  in  Chicago  and  attended  the  interns' 
reunion  luncheon  held  on  June  12.  He  be- 
came ill  again  and  entered  the  hospital  where 
he  remained  until  his  death. 

Dr.  Kauffman  was  a  student  in  Rush  Medi- 
cal College  when  he  was  appointed  an  extern 
in  December  1884.  He  assisted  Dr.  L.  H. 
Prince,  our  first  hospital  intern,  in  caring  for 
patients  but  did  not  reside  in  the  hospital. 
Following  his  graduation  from  Rush  Medical 
College  in  1885,  Dr.  Kauffman  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  as  an  assistant  in  the 
chemistry.  Later  he  practiced  medicine  for  a 
short  time  in  Iowa  but  returned  to  Chicago  to 
substitute  for  Professor  Haines  at  Rush,  while 
the  latter  was  absent  on  a  trip  to  Europe. 
Returning  to  Iowa  he  practiced  medicine  for 
another  short  period  when  he  gave  it  up  in 
order  to  travel  with  his  wife,  who  died  in 
1936.  Dr.  Kauffman  is  survived  by  one  son, 
Clark,  who  resides  in  Leesburg,  Fla.  and  was 
at  the  bedside  of  his  father  much  of  the  time 
during   his  last  illness. 


Mary   M.   Muir 

Miss  Mary  M.  Muir  died  in  Presbyterian 
Hospital  on  Sept.  30,  1939,  following  an  ill- 
ness of  several  weeks.  Miss  Muir,  a  native  of 
Scotland,  had  been  employed  as  secretary  in 
the  office  of  superintendent  of  Presbyterian 
Hospital  for  ten  years,  leaving  here  two  years 
ago  to  became  secretary  to  the  executive  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Hospital  Association. 
Her  work  in  the  superintendent's  office  brought 
her  in  contact  with  the  personnel  of  every 
department  of  the  hospital  during  her  long 
and  valued  service  here.  She  was  a  young 
woman  of  many  capabilities,  which  combined 
with  a  natural  graciousness  won  the  high  re- 
gard of  her  employers  and  business  associates. 
Her  passing  brought  real  sorrow  to  these  and 
a  large  circle  of  other  friends. 

At  Miss  Muir's  bedside  during  her  last  ill- 
ness was  her  sister,  Mrs.  Agnes  McConnell  of 
New  York  City,  her  only  relative  in  this  coun- 
try. Her  parents  are  deceased  and  other  sur- 
viving relatives  reside  in  Scotland. 

Catherine  A.   MacAuliff 

Miss  Catherine  A.  MacAuliff,  librarian  in 
charge  of  Rush  Medical  College  Library  for 
40  years,  died  on  Sept.  6,  1939  at  her  home, 
213  5  DeKalb  Street.  During  her  long  period 
of  service,  Miss  MacAuliff  had  seen  Rush 
library  grow  from  a  few  volumes  until  today 
it  is  one  of  the  best  medical  libraries  in  the 
country.  Three  sisters  survive — Sister  Mary 
Teresina,  B.V.M.,  Mrs.  Agnes  J.  Pidgcon,  and 
Miss  Ann  MacAuliff,  assistant  librarian  at 
Rush  Medical  College. 


Among  those  at  the  Alumnae  luncheon 
were  a  number  from  a  distance,  including: 
Mary  W,  Wilson  (1908)  of  Tracr,  Iowa, 
former  night  superintendent  and  maternity  de- 
partment supervisor;  Ella  M.  Gimmcstad 
(1923),  Nursing  Service,  Midwest  Division, 
American  Red  Cross,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Mary 
Dickson  (1917),  night  superintendent  of  City 
Hospital.  Akron,  O.;  Mrs.  Mary  Comstock 
Graban    (1917),  Livingston,  N.  J. 


EMPLOYES  HAVE  PICNIC 

Employes  in  the  Maintenance,  Repairs  and 
Power   department  of  the   hospital   and    their  5 
families  held  a  picnic  at  the  Forest  Preserves  j 
on    Sept.    24.     Besides    the    sumptuous    picnic  I 
dinner,  highlights  of  the  day  were   a  baseball  j 
game    between    the    engineer's    staff   and    the 
painters   and    carpenters,    in    which    the    sccre 
was  12  to  13  in  favor  of  the  engineers;  horse- 
shoe contest,   won  by  the  painters;   races  and 
other   contests    for    the   women    and    children; 
and  accordion  music  by  Laddie  Krall.   A  silver 
trophy  cup  was  awarded  to  the  winning  base- 
ball   team,    to    be    retained    until    next    year's 
picnic.     George   Scheidel,   Jr.   was  manager  of 
the  paint  and  carpenter  shop  team,  while  Jack 
Jahntz  headed  the  engineers'  team. 


Miss  Dorothea  Beal  is  a  new  member  of  the 
dietitians'  staff.  She  is  a  graduate  of  James 
Millikm  University  at  Decatur,  111.  and  served 
a  dietetics  internship  at  Johns  Hopkins  Hospi- 
tal in  Baltimore,  Md. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL 

OF   THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,   ILLINOIS 

Telephone:   Seeley  7171 

OFFICERS  and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS Secretary 

FRED   S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Asst.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.   Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert  B.  Dick,  Jr.  Rev.    John     Timothy 
John   B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.   Forgan  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albeit  D.   Farwell  J.  Hall  Taylor 

Alfred  E.  Hamill  John  P.  Welling 

Charles  H.  Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 

Rev.  Harrison    Ray   Anderson,    D.D. 

Rev.  Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 

Rev.  Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 

Rev.  W.   Clyde    Howard,   D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 

WILBER    E.    POST,    M.D. President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON    Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.   Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 

REV.   RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,   B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 

MRS.     ERNEST    E.     IRONS President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director    Emeritus 

DOROTHY    ROGERS Director 

THE   PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence  Slown    Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  facultv  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and   for  the  eeneral   purposes  of  the  hospital. 

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December,   1939 


Vol.  31,  No.   11 


Although  nine-year-old  Tony  was  run  over  by  a  truck  and  had  to  spend  last  Christmas  in  a  fracture  bed,  he  was  remembered  by  Santa 
Claus  as  are  alt  child  patients  who  are  in  the  hospital  on  Christmas  day.  The  suit  worn  by  this  jolly-looking  St.  Nick  has  been  worn  here  every 
Christmas  for   more   than    50   years.     Note   the  genuine   old-fashioned  sleighbells. 


A  CHRISTMAS  MEDITATION 

By  Russell  L.   Dicks,   Chaplain 


What  shall  we  think  of  at  Christmas 
— some  time  when  we  are  alone  and 
quiet  and  the  lights  are  out: 

A    young    mother. 

Heavy    with    child    upon    an    ancient    road. 

Coming  at  night  to   an  inn 

But  finding    no    room    to    he    down; 

Only    a    stable    with     its    straw    and    don\eys 

and   the  smell   of  a  barn, 
And    in    the    early    morning   shepherds    and    a 

voice  and   a   star; 
These    are    the    pictures    of    Christmas    which 

come   to    our   minds 
When    the    halls    are    quiet    and    the    day    is 

done. 


I  think  of  a  dusty  road,  of  a  slow  moving 
donkey  with  a  man  walking  beside  its  head, 
of  the  heat  and  sweat  of  the  little  animal, 
of  the  woman  who  sits  silently  upon  it  with 
her  mind  holding  fast  to  the  evening  when 
she  may  lie  down.  I  think  of  the  three  of 
them  coming  to  the  inn  which  is  crowded  and 
noisy  and  hot,  where  the  sound  of  many 
voices  and  the  push  of  many  bodies  hardly 
seems  a  welcome  to  the  young  woman  or  to 
the  man  beside  her. 

Have  you  ever  come  into  a  stable  from 
the  chill  night  air  where  the  bodies  of  sleepy 
eyed  animals  gave  off  warmth  and  friendli- 
ness, where  the  smell  of  hay  and  straw  made 
you  want  to  lie  down?  We  think  of  Mary 
and  those  hours  through  the  night  and  how 
it  went  with  her  and  of  what  comfort  she 
drew  from  the  beasts  about  her  and  from 
Joseph  waiting  anxiously  by  her  side.  And 
then  we  think  of  those  men  who  were  shep- 
herds on  the  hills  not  far  away — where  the 
sharp  air  of  the  early  morning,  some  hours 
later,  cut  through  their  blankets  and  stirred 
them  awake.  A  voice  and  a  light  caused 
them  to  rise  and  go  to  the  stable  where  a 
child  had  been  born.  Could  anyone  passing 
near,  who  had  been  awake  and  not  too  con- 
cerned with  his  own  comfort,  have  seen  the 
light  and  heard  the  voice?  Could  he  have 
gone  to  see   the   child    also? 

There  is  beauty  and  dignity  and  awe  in- 
spiring mystery  in  the  early  morning,  when 
objects  are  dim  shadows  and  darkness  re- 
treats slowly,  when  the  air  penetrates  one's 
body  and  stirs  one's  mind,  when  eyes  are 
turned  to  the  east  to  watch  the  majesty  of  a 
new  day  at  birth.  At  such  a  time  one  feels 
his  smallness:  one  feels  the  universe  unfold 
before  him  and  with  the  coming  of  light  and 
the  sun  one  feels  the  joy  of  belonging,  of 
being  secure,  of  being  alive,  of  being  equal 
to  the  day's  work.  Have  you  ever  thought: 
suppose  the  earth  should  stop  just  at  that 
point  before  the  dawn,  when  shadows  fill  the 
low  places  and  objects  arc  indistinct,  when 
the  air  is  cold,  when  there  is  only  the  sound 
of  a  distant  cock  crow  or  a  dog's  bark  to 
add  to  your  loneliness?  What  if  the  earth's 
axis  broke  down  and  there  came  no  dawn? 
What  of  those  hours  if  the   world   stood  still? 


The   cor 
as   i-   like 


Christ  Child  at  Ch 
g  of  the   dawn! 


£%SG&^ 


"Peace  on  Earth,   Goodwill  toward  Men 


Student  nurses  will  go  through  the  corridors  singing  Christmas  carols  early  on  Christ- 
mas morning.  Pictured  above  is  the  group  who  sang  carols  last  Christmas.  Care  is  taken  not 
to  disturb  any  seriously  ill  patients  but  all  others  seem  to  regard  this  as  a  happy  way  of 
ushering   in   the  Christmas  day  that   is  to   be  spent   in   the   hospital. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  OF 
WOMAN'S  BOARD  TO 

BE  HELD  ON  JAN.  8 


The  56th  annual  meeting  of  the  Wo- 
man's Board  will  he  held  on  Monday 
January  8.  The  unified  report  will  be 
presented  by  Mrs.  Edward  L.  Beatie, 
1406J/2  Elmwood  Ave.,  Evanston.  Com- 
mittee chairmen  are  urged  to  send  their 
reports  to  Mrs.  Beatie  at  once. 

Tag  Day  Nets  #1630 

Tag  Day  collections  amounted  to  $1,692.71. 
Expenses  totaled  $61.88  leaving  $1,630.84  as 
the  net  receipts  to  be  used  for  the  support  of 
free  work  for  children.  Two-hundred  and 
nmety-onc  volunteer  taggers  representing  37 
churches  worked  at  total  of  1,012  hours — an 
average  of  3'/2  hours  per  tagger.  These  1,012 
hours  of  service  were  the  equivalent  of  126'/2 
eight-hour  days. 

Thanksgiving  Offering 

Mrs.  W.  B.  MeKcand.  chairman  of  the 
Thanksgiving  offering  committee,  reported  at 
(he  board  meeting  on  Dec.  4  that  the  amount 
received  up  to  that  time  totaled  $616.33. 
Teas  were  given  by  the  Fourth  Church  group, 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Arthur  Wirt;:  Oak  Park 
First,  at  the  home  ol  Mrs.  Louis  J.  Hanson: 
and  United  Church  of  Hyde  Park,  at  the 
home  ol  Mrs.  lames  McCulloh.  It  was  an- 
nounced that  the  Ravenswood  group  would 
give  a  tea  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Robert 
Johanneson  on  Dec.  8.  Donations  were  re- 
ported   from    many   Other   church    groups   also. 


ALUMNAE  FROM  DISTANCE 
HERE  FOR  HOMECOMING; 

300  AT  DINNER-DANCE 


Homecoming  on  Nov.  1 1  brought  alumnae 
from  far  and  near  to  the  School  of  Nursing. 
Florence  Waggoner  came  all  the  way  from 
Los  Angeles  and  Phinenah  K.  Jones  was  here 
from  New  York  City  on  her  way  to  the  west 
coast  to  do  private  duty  this  winter.  Mrs. 
Jane  Walter  Coon,  just  back  from  13  months 
in  Liberia,  had  much  of  interest  to  tell  about 
her  work  as  technician-nurse  at  the  Firestone 
Plantations  Hospital  in  that  far-away  country. 
Space  does  not  permit  listing  others  who  came 
from  nearby  states  and  various  points  in 
Illinois.  Visitors  served  at  the  buffet  luncheon 
numbered  12  5,  while  more  than  200  attended 
the  afternoon  reception  and  tea.  Miss  Dorothy 
Rogers,  director,  and  Miss  M.  Helena  Mc- 
Millan, director  emeritus,  were  present  to 
greet  the  homecomers,  as  were  also  Miss  Char- 
lotte F.  Landt,  president,  and  other  officers 
ol   the  Alumnae  Association. 

One  of  the  most  successful  homecoming 
dinner-dances  ever  given  drew  an  attendance 
of  300  to  tire  Medinah  Club  in  the  evening. 
The  floor  show  presented  by  nurses  and  in-, 
terns  proved  highly  entertaining.  Miss 
Kathryn  Davis,  young  artist  from  Holland, 
Mich.,  gave  a  group  of  solo  dances  which 
added   much   to   the   program. 


Schafer-Byler 

Miss  Dorothy  M.  Schafer  and  Mr.  Glen  H. 
Bylei  win  iii.iii  led  on  October  7.  Mrs.  Byler 
was  graduated  from  the  School  of  Nursing  in 
1929  and  for  the  last  s,x  sens  has  been  on 
F   Operating  room   nursing   staff. 


CHRISTMAS    ACTIVITIES 

OF    HOSPITAL   WILL 

SPREAD  CHEER 


Christmas  activities  sponsored  by  the 
hospital  and  made  possible  through  the 
generosity  of  friends  will  spread  cheer 
and  goodwill  to  patients  and  personnel 
in  the  institution  during  the  holiday  sea- 
son and  to  many  former  patients  and 
other  needy  persons  known  to  our  Social 
Service  department.  Candles  on  desks, 
gaily  decorated  trees  in  waiting  rooms 
and  wards,  wreaths  in  windows,  and 
favors  on  patients'  trays  will  radiate 
Christmas  cheer  to  all. 

Santa  Claus  will  visit  the  children's  wards 
and  student  nurses  will  sing  carols  in  the 
corridors.  The  usual  Christmas  party  for  chil- 
dren of  employes  and  other  invited  youngs- 
ters will  be  given  at  Sprague  Home  by  the 
nurses,  who  themselves  will  enjoy  a  sumptu- 
ous dinner  toward  which  Mrs.  Ernest  A. 
Hamill  has  contributed  $2?0.  The  Chicago 
Rotary  Club  and  other  friends  will  provide 
baskets  for  needy  families  known  to  the  hos- 
pital because   of  illness. 

The  chaplain,  Rev.  Russell  L.  Dicks,  will 
conduct  special  Christmas  services  in  the 
chapel  at  11:15  A.M.  Sunday,  Dec.  24,  to 
which  patients,  doctors,  nurses,  hospital  per- 
sonnel, and  visitors  are  invited. 


NEW  LIBRARIAN  AT  RUSH 

Miss  Caroline  Reichers,  formerly  in  charge 
of  the  medical  library  at  Billings  Hospital,  is 
the  new  librarian  at  the  Rush  Medical  College 
Library,  succeeding  Miss  Catherine  MacAulifF, 
who  died  in  September.  Miss  Ann  MacAulifF 
has  been  retained  as  assistant  librarian. 


PRESENTS  MARIONETTE  SHOW 

Miss  Helen  Thurston,  professional  pup- 
peteer, presented  a  delightful  marionette  show 
in  the  hospital  chapel  on  Nov.  4  for  the  en- 
joyment  of  convalescent  patients,  nurses,  and 
visitors.  The  entertainment  was  arranged  by 
Mrs.  Clement  Pollock,  chairman  of  the  enter- 
tainment committee  of  the  Woman's  Board. 


Beg  Your  Pardon! 

In  the  story  about  Miss  Russell  on  page  1 
of  the  November  Bulletin  the  original  name 
of  the  School  of  Nursing  was  given  as 
"School  of  Nurses,"  whereas  the  correct  title 
in  earlier  years  was  "School  for  Nurses." 

One  name  was  inadvertently  omitted  in  list- 
ing the  names  of  those  in  the  second  row  in 
the  picture  of  the  1939  graduating  class  on 
page  3  of  the  November  Bulletin.  For  the 
benefit  of  those  who  are  keeping  a  file  of 
these  Bulletins,  the  entire  paragraph  is  re- 
printed correctly  so  that  it  may  be  clipped 
and  pasted  over  the  incorrect  portion  of  the 
original  picture  caption: 

Second  row,  left  to  right — Lois  Marjorie 
Brown,  Moorhead,  Minn.;  Mary  Elizabeth 
Adams,  Greensberg,  Ind.;  Grace  Cooper, 
Whitsinville,  Mass.;  Vivian  Visscher,  Hol- 
land, Mich.;  Lois  M.  Melges,  Altadena. 
Calif.;  Ruth  O.  Servis,  New  York,  N.  Y.; 
Beverly  Briese,  Hoist  ein,  la.;  Myrtle  A. 
Kooreman,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Grace  Ida  Fred- 
erick, Oak  Park,  III.;  Charlotte  Turner, 
Piqua,    Ohio. 


PREVIEW  OF  CHRISTMAS  DINNER 


The  above  picture,  taken  in  the  main  kitchen  of  the  hospital  last  Christmas  morning, 
shows  a  scene  which  will  be  re-enacted  again  this  Christmas  when  the  chef  carves  the 
turkeys  which  will  be  served  to  patients  and  hospital  personnel  with  "all  the  trimmings." 
Some  of  the  specially  decorated  goodies  and  several  fruit  cakes,  made  in  the  hospital 
bakery,   are  shown  at  the   right. 

G^&XJsj®  CHRISTMAS  GREETINGS  TO  ALL  £%2&^ 

From  Asa   S.   Bacon,  Superintendent 

To  our  patients  go  our  best  wishes  and  our  promise  to  do  everything  possible  to  surround 
them  with  an  atmosphere  of  cheerfulness  and  hopefulness,  not  only  during  the  holiday  season 
but   as  long  as   they  remain  with   us. 

To  our  Board  of  Managers  and  Woman's  Board,  whose  members  give  so  generously  of 
their  time  and  means  that  this  institution  may  exemplify  throughout  the  year  the  spirit  of 
the  Christmas  season. 

To  the  Ministers  and  Churches  of  the  Chicago  Presbytery,  whose  support  and  encourage- 
ment help   to  make  possible  our  service   to  the  "least  of   these." 

To  our  Medical  Staff,  whose  lives  are  dedicated  to  the  relieving  of  human  suffering 
and  the  curing  of  physical  ills,  and  who  give  their  services  so  willingly  to  the  less  fortunate 
of  our  community. 

To  our  Nursing  Staff,  who  serve  the  sick  so  patiently  and  untiringly  through  the  busy 
hours  of  the  day  and  the  silent  watches  of  the  night — standing  guard  over  human  life,  faith- 
fully carrying  out  the  instructions  of  the  doctors,  competently  meeting  emergencies  that  arise 
from  hour  to  hour,  and  ministering  to  human  welfare  and  comfort  by  means  of  every  resource 
at  their  command. 

To  the  members  of  the  Executive  Staff  and  to  all  other  hospital  personnel,  whose  work 
whether  classed  as  professional,  technical  or  the  so-called  menial  tasks  of  kitchen,  housekeeping, 
and   maintenance   employes,  is  an  essential  factor  in   our   ministry   to  the   sick   and   injured. 

To  all  friends,  whose  goodwill,  volunteer  service,  and  financial  support  make 
it  possible  for  our  hospital  to  function  as  a  community  institution,  with  doors 
always  open  to  sick  and  suffering  humanity. 


NOT  SO  QUIET  HERE 

"A  quiet  weekend"  was  the  way  news- 
papers described  a  recent  visit  to  Chica- 
go of  former  President  Herbert  Hoover 
and  Mrs.  Hoover.  However,  there  was 
considerable  excitement  in  this  vicinity 
when  Mr.  Hoover  walked  into  Presby- 
terian Hospital  that  Saturday  afternoon 
to  call  on  a  personal  friend  who  hap- 
pened to  be  a  patient  at  the  time.  Bill 
Tranchita,  outside  policeman  on  duty  at 
that  hour,  was  greeted  with  a  friendly 
handshake.  Charlie  Marmon,  who  was 
running  the  pavilion  elevator,  also  re- 
ceived a  cordial  greeting  from  the  former 
president.  Of  course,  everyone  recognised 
the  distinguished  visitor  and  by  the  time 
he  emerged  from  the  building,  a  crowd 
had  collected  across  the  street  hoping  for 
a  glimpse  of  Mr.  Hoover.  On  the  whole, 
it  was  an  exciting  afternoon  for  hospital 
personnel  and  other  people  in  this  vicinity. 


SCHOOL  AND  ALUMNAE  NEWS 

No    spring    class    will    be    admitted    to    the 
School  of  Nursing  in   1940.    This  decision  was 

Mi, ul.  In  i  .nis,  ,  ,|  hunt, id,  in  ,il  pi  e-cnt  housing 
facilities.  The  school  now  has  an  enroll- 
ment of   187. 


Jessie  Stevenson  (1921)  recently  resigned 
her  position  with  the  orthopedic  division  of 
the  Visiting  Nurse  Association  of  Chicago, 
and  has  gone  to  New  York  City,  where  she 
will  work  as  orthopedic  consultant  for  the 
National  Organization  for  Public  Health 
Nursing. 


Mrs.  Pauline  Vieregg  Campbell  (1928)  has 
accepted  a  position  as  office  nurse  for  Dr.  Harry 
Hubcr  of  the  Medical  Staff.  Mrs.  Campbell 
was  one  of  the  clerks  m  the  admitting  office 
from  1934  to  1938  and  for  the  past  year  has 
been  an  assistant  in  the  Special  Service  de- 
partment  of  the  hospital. 


DR.   J.   B.   HERRICK   IS 

PRESIDENT-ELECT 

OF  P-G  ASSN. 


CHRISTMAS  CHEER 


Clinical   Meetings   Held   Here 

Dr.  James  B.  Herrick,  consulting  physi- 
cian on  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  Medi- 
cal Staff  and  professor  emeritus  of  medi- 
cine at  Rush  Medical  College,  is  the  1941 
president-elect  of  the  Inter-State  Post 
Graduate  Medical  Association  of  North 
America.  He  was  named  to  this  office  at 
a  business  meeting  held  in  connection 
with  the  International  Medical  Assembly 
of  the  association  in  Chicago,  Oct.  30- 
Nov.  3. 

Presbyterian  Medical  Staff  members  on  the 
assembly  program  included  Dr.  Herrick,  Dr. 
R.  C.  Brown,  Dr.  H.  L.  Kretschmer,  Dr.  C.  J. 
Lundy  and  Dr.  W.  O.  Thompson.  Dr.  Brown's 
topic  was  "Treatment  of  Peptic  Ulcer."  Dr. 
Kretschmer  spoke  on  "The  Present  Status  of 
Transurethral  Resection,"  and  Dr.  Thompson 
conducted  a  diagnostic  clinic  on  "Clinical 
Types  of  Pituitary  Disease."  Dr.  Lundy  spoke 
on  "Rheumatic  Heart  Disease."  More  than 
6  000  eminent  physicians  and  surgeons  from 
all    parts  of   the  world   attended   the   assembly. 

Chicago  Surgical  Society 

Members  of  the  Surgical  and  Medical  Staffs 
presented  a  clinical  program  before  the  Chica- 
go Surgical  Society  on  Nov.  3.  Operations 
were  performed  by  Dr.  Vernon  C.  David,  Dr. 
Kellogg  Speed,  and  Dr.  Albert  H.  Montgome- 
ry, following  which  clinical  presentations  on 
various  subjects  were  given  in  the  chapel  by 
Dr.  A.  L.  Rosi,  Dr.  John  Dorsey,  Dr.  Hillier 
Baker,  Dr.  A.  H.  Montgomery,  Dr.  Adrien 
Vernbrugghen,  Dr.  H.  Oberhelman,  Dr.  Speed, 
Dr.  Carl  B.  Davis,  Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis,  Dr. 
Stanley  Lawton,  Dr.  W.  J.  Potts,  Dr.  Dean 
L.  Rider,  Dr.  Francis  H.  Straus  and  Dr. 
Edwin  M.  Miller.  Visitors  and  staff  members 
were  luncheon  guests  of  the  hospital. 

At  the  evening  scientific  program  session  in 
the  University  Club,  Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis  and 
Dr.  M.  R.  Freeland  presented  a  paper  on 
"Smoking   and   Thromboangiitis   Obliterans." 

Clinical   Research   Club 

The  Central  Clinical  Research  Club  com- 
posed of  university  medical  school  teachers 
in  six  states  held  its  fall  meeting  in  Presby- 
terian Hospital  and  Rush  Medical  College  on 
Nov.  2.  The  program  was  presented  by  Dr. 
Frank  B.  Kelly,  Dr.  R.  K.  Gilchrist,  Dr.  H. 
N.  Sanford,  Dr.  J.  B.  Eycrly,  Dr.  H.  C. 
Breuhaus,  Dr.  L.  W.  Avery,  Dr.  Leo  K.  Camp- 
bell, Dr.  A.  H.  Stanton  and  Dr.  Carl  Apfel- 
bach.  Forty-five  visitors  and  staff  members 
were  guests  of  the  hospital   at  luncheon. 

Chicago  Heart  Association 

Rush  Medical  College  and  Presbyterian 
Hospital  were  hosts  to  a  meeting  oi  Clinical 
Section  of  the  Chicago  Heart  Association  on 
Nov.  24.  Sessions  were  held  in  the  auditorium 
at  Sprague  Home  and  luncheon  was  served 
by  the  hospital.  Those  on  the  program  were: 
Dr.  Edwin  F.  Neckerman,  Dr.  Bertram  G. 
Nelson,  Dr.  Benjamin  Hilkevitch,  Dr.  Arthur 
Parmclcc.  Dr.  Eleanor  Leslie,  Dr.  C.  J. 
Lundy,  Dr.  Frank  N.  Wilson,  Dr.  Earle  Gray, 
Dr.  Stuyvesant  Butler.  Dr.  Frank  V.  Theis, 
Dr.  W.  A.  Thomas,  Dr.  John  Post,  Dr.  Cm! 
Apfelbach,  and   Dr.   Alva   A.   Knight. 


The  lovely  tree  pictured  above  was  one  of 
several  which  radiated  Christmas  cheer  in 
the  hospital  last  year.  It  was  in  the  west 
waiting   room. 


MEDICAL  STAFF  NEWS 

Dr.  R.  T.  Woodyatt  was  one  of  23  lecturers 
at  the  Twelfth  Annual  Graduate  Fortnight  of 
the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine  which 
was   held    from    Oct.    23    through   Nov.    3. 


Dr.  Edward  Allen  was  one  of  the  speakers 
in  a  symposium  on  "Nutritional  Deficiency," 
sponsored  by  the  Chicago  Medical  Society  at 
Northwestern  University  Medical  School  on 
Nov.  15.  Dr.  Allen's  topic  was  "Nutritional 
Deficiencies  During  Pregnancy." 


Dr.  Clark  W.  Finnerud  was  elected  vice- 
president  of  te  American  Academy  of  Derma- 
tology and  Syphilology  at  a  meeting  in  Phila- 
delphia, Nov.  6-8,  at  which  he  gave  four 
illustrated  lectures  and  conducted  a  round 
table  discussion  on  "Diseases  ol  the  Mouth." 


Dr.   Clifford    G.   Grulcc    addressed    a    meet- 

g   of  the   Southern    Illinois   Medical   .Vmhij 
in   in  Mt.  Vernon,  Nov.   2. 


Dr.  Willard  L.  Wood  was  guest  speaker  at 
,i  meeting  ol  the  Milwaukee  County  and  City 
Medical  Association.  Nov.  10,  his  topic  being 
"Arthritis." 

Dr.  W.  O.  Thompson  gave  three  lectures 
on  "Endocrinology"  at  the  post-graduate  day 
in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Toledo  on 
Nov.  3.  He  also  was  one  ol  the  speakers  at 
tlu  meeting  oi  tin-  Central  Society  lor  Clini- 
cal  Research   at   the    Drake  Hotel   on  Nov.  4. 


BIRTHS 

The  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Russell  L.  Dicks  are 
receiving  congratulations  on  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  a  son  who  has  been  named  Dale 
Smith.  Mr.  Dicks  is  the  hospital  chaplain. 
The  baby   was   born   on   Nov.    1. 

Drs.  Willard  O.  and  Phoebe  K.  Thomp- 
son  are  the  parents  of  a  baby  girl  born  in 
this  hospital  on  Nov.  28.  The  baby  is  their 
third  child  and  first  daughter.  She  will  be 
called  Nancy  Kirsten. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Willard  DeYoung,  8710  S. 
Rockwell  St.,  are  the  parents  of  a  baby 
daughter,  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  in  this  hospi- 
tal on  Nov.  13.  Dr.  DeYoung  is  a  former 
Presbyterian  intern  and  Mrs.  DeYoung  is  a 
graduate  of  the  School  of  Nursing  (1932). 

Twin  sons,  born  in  this  hospital  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Edgar  Richard  of  734  Wrightwood  Ave., 
have  different  birthdays  although  born  only 
41  minutes  apart.  Donald  arrived  at  11:41 
P.M.  on  Nov.  21  and  his  brother  Paul  was 
born  at  12:22  A.M.  on  Nov.  22.  Mr.  Richard 
is  head  of  the  science  department  at  Francis 
Parker  Preparatory  School. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Egbert  H.  Fell  are  receiving 
congratulations  on  the  birth  of  their  third 
child,  a  daughter,  born  in  this  hospital  on 
Dec.  4.  The  baby  has  been  named  Jane  Eliza- 
beth. Dr.  Fell,  former  resident  surgeon,  is 
now  an  assistant  surgeon  on  the  attending  staff. 


THE    PRESBYTERIAN     HOSPITAL 
OF    THE    CITY    OF    CHICAGO 

1753  W.   CONGRESS  STREET         CHICAGO,    ILLINOIS 
Telephone:   Seeley   7171 

OFFICERS   and    MANAGERS 

JOHN      McKINLAY President 

HORACE    W.     ARMSTRONG Vice-President 

CHARLES    B.    GOODSPEED Vice-President 

SOLOMON    A.    SMITH Treasurer 

KINGMAN     DOUGLASS Secretary 

FRED    S.    BOOTH Asst.  Secretary 

A.    J.    WILSON Ass*.  Secretary 

Arthur  G.  Cable  Edw.  D.  McDougal,  Jr. 

Alfred  T.  Carton  Fred  A.  Poor 

Philip  R.  Clarke  Theodore  A.  Shaw 

Albert   B.   Dick,  Jr.  Rev.     John     Timothy 

John  B.  Drake  Stone.  D.D. 

James  B.  Forgan  R.  Douglas  Stuart 

Albeit  D.   Farwell  J.   Hall   Taylor 

Alfred   E.   Hamill  John   P.  Welling 

Charles  H.  Hamill  Edward  F.  Wilson 

CLERICAL  MANAGERS 
Rev.    Harrison    Ray   Anderson,   D.D. 
Rev.    Harold    L.    Bowman,    D.D. 
Rev.    Alvyn    R.    Hickman,    D.D. 
Rev.   W.   Clyde    Howard,    D.D. 

MEDICAL    BOARD 

WILBER    E.    POST,    M.D. President 

ADMINISTRATION 

ASA     S.     BACON  Superintendent 

HERMAN    HENSEL Asst.    Superintendent 

CHAPLAIN 

REV.   RUSSELL  L.  DICKS,   B.D. 

WOMAN'S    BOARD 

MRS.     ERNEST     E.     IRONS  President 

SCHOOL  OF  NURSING 

M.    HELENA    McMILLAN Director    Emeritus 

DOROTHY    ROGERS  Director 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    HOSPITAL    BULLETIN 
Florence   Slown    Hyde,    Editor 

The  Presbyterian  Hospital  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  is  an  Illinois  not-for-profit  corpora- 
tion, organized  July  21,  1883,  for  the  purpose 
of  affording  surgical  and  medical  aid,  and 
nursing,  to  sick  and  disabled  persons  of  every 
creed,  nationality,  and  color.  Its  medical  staff 
is  appointed  from  the  faculty  of  Rush  Medical 
College  of  the  University  of  Chicago. 

The  Board  of  Managers  call  attention  to 
the  need  of  gifts  and  bequests  for  endowment 
and  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  hospital.